|  | Afghanistan | 53% (2003) | 
|  | Albania | 25% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Algeria | 25% (2005 est.) | 
|  | American Samoa | NA% | 
|  | Andorra | NA% | 
|  | Angola | 70% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Anguilla | 23% (2002) | 
|  | Antigua and Barbuda | NA% | 
|  | Argentina | 23.4% (January-June 2007) | 
|  | Armenia | 26.5% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Aruba | NA% | 
|  | Australia | NA% | 
|  | Austria | 5.9% (2004) | 
|  | Azerbaijan | 24% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Bahamas, The | 9.3% (2004) | 
|  | Bahrain | NA% | 
|  | Bangladesh | 45% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Barbados | NA% | 
|  | Belarus | 27.1% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Belgium | 15% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Belize | 33.5% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Benin | 37.4% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Bermuda | 19% (2000) | 
|  | Bhutan | 31.7% (2003) | 
|  | Bolivia | 60% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Botswana | 30.3% (2003) | 
|  | Brazil | 31% (2005) | 
|  | British Virgin Islands | NA% | 
|  | Brunei | NA% | 
|  | Bulgaria | 14.1% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Burkina Faso | 46.4% (2004) | 
|  | Burma | 32.7% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Burundi | 68% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Cambodia | 35% (2004) | 
|  | Cameroon | 48% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Canada | 10.8%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2005) | 
|  | Cape Verde | 30% (2000) | 
|  | Cayman Islands | NA% | 
|  | Central African Republic | NA% | 
|  | Chad | 80% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Chile | 18.2% (2005) | 
|  | China | 8% note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.) | 
|  | Colombia | 49.2% (2005) | 
|  | Comoros | 60% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA% | 
|  | Congo, Republic of the | NA% | 
|  | Cook Islands | NA% | 
|  | Costa Rica | 18% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Cote d'Ivoire | 37% (1995) | 
|  | Croatia | 11% (2003) | 
|  | Cuba | NA% | 
|  | Cyprus | NA% | 
|  | Czech Republic | NA% | 
|  | Denmark | NA% | 
|  | Djibouti | 42% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Dominican Republic | 42.2% (2004) | 
|  | Ecuador | 38.3% (2006) | 
|  | Egypt | 20% (2005 est.) | 
|  | El Salvador | 30.7% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Equatorial Guinea | NA% | 
|  | Eritrea | 50% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Estonia | 5% (2003) | 
|  | Ethiopia | 38.7% (FY05/06 est.) | 
|  | European Union | see individual country listings | 
| -2007-bmala.jpg) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA% | 
|  | Faroe Islands | NA% | 
|  | Fiji | 25.5% (FY90/91) | 
|  | Finland | NA% | 
|  | France | 6.2% (2004) | 
|  | French Polynesia | NA% | 
|  | Gabon | NA% | 
|  | Gambia, The | NA% | 
|  | Gaza Strip | 80% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Georgia | 31% (2006) | 
|  | Germany | 11% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Ghana | 28.5% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Gibraltar | NA% | 
|  | Greece | NA% | 
|  | Greenland | NA% | 
|  | Grenada | 32% (2000) | 
|  | Guam | 23% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Guatemala | 56.2% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Guernsey | NA% | 
|  | Guinea | 47% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Guinea-Bissau | NA% | 
|  | Guyana | NA% | 
|  | Haiti | 80% (2003 est.) | 
| -2007-bmala.jpg) | Holy See (Vatican City) | NA% | 
|  | Honduras | 50.7% (2004) | 
|  | Hong Kong | NA% | 
|  | Hungary | 8.6% (1993 est.) | 
|  | Iceland | NA% | 
|  | India | 25% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Indonesia | 17.8% (2006) | 
|  | Iran | 18% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Iraq | NA% | 
|  | Ireland | 7% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Isle of Man | NA% | 
|  | Israel | 21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005) | 
|  | Italy | NA% | 
|  | Jamaica | 14.8% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Japan | NA% | 
|  | Jersey | NA% | 
|  | Jordan | 14.2% (2002) | 
|  | Kazakhstan | 19% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Kenya | 50% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Kiribati | NA% | 
|  | Korea, North | NA% | 
|  | Korea, South | 15% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Kosovo | 30% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Kuwait | NA% | 
|  | Kyrgyzstan | 40% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Laos | 30.7% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Latvia | NA% | 
|  | Lebanon | 28% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Lesotho | 49% (1999) | 
|  | Liberia | 80% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Libya | 7.4% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Liechtenstein | NA% | 
|  | Lithuania | 4% (2003) | 
|  | Luxembourg | NA% | 
|  | Macau | NA% | 
|  | Macedonia | 30% (2005) | 
|  | Madagascar | 50% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Malawi | 53% (2004) | 
|  | Malaysia | 5.1% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Maldives | 21% (2004) | 
|  | Mali | 64% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Malta | NA% | 
|  | Marshall Islands | NA% | 
|  | Mauritania | 40% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Mauritius | 10% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Mayotte | NA% | 
|  | Mexico | 13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006) | 
|  | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% (2000) | 
|  | Moldova | 29.5% (2005) | 
|  | Monaco | NA% | 
|  | Mongolia | 36.1% (2004) | 
|  | Montenegro | 7% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Montserrat | NA% | 
|  | Morocco | 15% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Mozambique | 70% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Namibia | the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day | 
|  | Nauru | NA% | 
|  | Nepal | 30.9% (2004) | 
|  | Netherlands | 10.5% (2005) | 
|  | Netherlands Antilles | NA% | 
|  | New Caledonia | NA% | 
|  | New Zealand | NA% | 
|  | Nicaragua | 48% (2005) | 
|  | Niger | 63% (1993 est.) | 
|  | Nigeria | 60% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Niue | NA% | 
|  | Northern Mariana Islands | NA% | 
|  | Norway | NA% | 
|  | Oman | NA% | 
|  | Pakistan | 24% (FY05/06 est.) | 
|  | Palau | NA% | 
|  | Panama | 37% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Papua New Guinea | 37% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Paraguay | 32% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Peru | 44.5% (2006) | 
|  | Philippines | 30% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Poland | 17% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Portugal | NA% | 
|  | Puerto Rico | NA% | 
|  | Qatar | NA% | 
|  | Romania | 25% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Russia | 15.8% (November 2007) | 
|  | Rwanda | 60% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Saint Helena | NA% | 
|  | Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA% | 
|  | Saint Lucia | NA% | 
|  | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA% | 
|  | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA% | 
|  | Samoa | NA% | 
|  | San Marino | NA% | 
|  | Sao Tome and Principe | 54% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Saudi Arabia | NA% | 
|  | Senegal | 54% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Serbia | 30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.) | 
|  | Seychelles | NA% | 
|  | Sierra Leone | 70.2% (2004) | 
|  | Singapore | NA% | 
|  | Slovakia | 21% (2002) | 
|  | Slovenia | 12.9% (2004) | 
|  | Solomon Islands | NA% | 
|  | Somalia | NA% | 
|  | South Africa | 50% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Spain | 19.8% (2005) | 
|  | Sri Lanka | 22% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Sudan | 40% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Suriname | 70% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Swaziland | 69% (2006) | 
|  | Sweden | NA% | 
|  | Switzerland | NA% | 
|  | Syria | 11.9% (2006 est.) | 
|  | Taiwan | 0.95% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Tajikistan | 64% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Tanzania | 36% (2002 est.) | 
|  | Thailand | 10% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Timor-Leste | 42% (2003 est.) | 
|  | Togo | 32% (1989 est.) | 
|  | Tokelau | NA% | 
|  | Tonga | 24% (FY03/04) | 
|  | Trinidad and Tobago | 17% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Tunisia | 7.4% (2005 est.) | 
|  | Turkey | 20% (2002) | 
|  | Turkmenistan | 27% (2002) | 
|  | Turks and Caicos Islands | NA% | 
|  | Tuvalu | NA% | 
|  | Uganda | 35% (2001 est.) | 
|  | Ukraine | 37.7% (2003) | 
|  | United Arab Emirates | 19.5% (2003) | 
|  | United Kingdom | 14% (2006 est.) | 
|  | United States | 12% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Uruguay | 27.37% of households (2006) | 
|  | Uzbekistan | 33% (2004 est.) | 
|  | Vanuatu | NA% | 
|  | Venezuela | 37.9% (end 2005 est.) | 
|  | Vietnam | 14.75% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Virgin Islands | 28.9% (2002) | 
|  | Wallis and Futuna | NA% | 
|  | West Bank | 46% (2007 est.) | 
|  | Western Sahara | NA% | 
|  | Yemen | 45.2% (2003) | 
|  | Zambia | 86% (1993) | 
|  | Zimbabwe | 68% (2004) |