![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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.) |
![]() | 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) |