Compare Population below poverty line (2005) - Population below poverty line (2002)

Compare Population below poverty line (2005) with Population below poverty line (2002)

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	Population below poverty line (2005)	Population below poverty line (2002)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)	NA%
Albania	25% (2004 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	NA	NA%
Andorra	NA%	NA%
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	NA%
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA%
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA%
Argentina	44.3% (June 2004)	37% (2001 est.)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)	55% (2001 est.)
Aruba	NA	NA%
Australia	NA	NA%
Austria	3.9% (1999)	NA%
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	49% (2002)
Bahamas, The	NA	NA%
Bahrain	NA	NA%
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)	36%
Barbados	NA	NA%
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4%
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	NA%
Bhutan	NA	NA%
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA%
Botswana	47% (2002 est.)	47% (2000 est.)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA%
Brunei	NA	NA%
Bulgaria	13.4% (2002 est.)	35% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2003 est.)	45% (2001 est.)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Cambodia	40% (2004 est.)	36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)	48% (2000 est.)
Canada	NA	NA%
Cape Verde	30% (2000)	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA (2002 est.)	NA%
Central African Republic	NA (1993)	NA%
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	20.6% (2000)	22% (1998 est.)
China	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA%
Colombia	55% (2001)	55% (2001) (2001)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)	60% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA	NA%
Congo, Republic of the	NA	NA%
Cook Islands	NA	NA%
Costa Rica	18% (2004 est.)	21% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	NA%
Croatia	11% (2003)	NA%
Cuba	NA	NA%
Cyprus	NA%	NA%
Czech Republic	NA	NA%
Denmark	NA	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)	NA%
Dominican Republic	25%	25%
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	42% (2002 est.)
Ecuador	45% (2001 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Egypt	16.7% (2000 est.)	23% (FY95/96 est.)
El Salvador	36.1% (2003 est.)	48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA%
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)	NA%
Estonia	NA (2000)	NA% (2000)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)	64% (1996)
European Union	See individual country listings	-
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA%
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	26% (1990-91 )
Finland	NA	NA%
France	6.5% (2000)	NA%
French Guiana	NA%	NA%
French Polynesia	NA%	NA%
Gabon	NA	NA%
Gambia, The	NA	NA%
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)	1% 60% (2001 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	NA	NA%
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	31% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%	NA%
Greece	NA	NA%
Greenland	NA%	NA%
Grenada	32% (2000)	NA%
Guadeloupe	NA%	NA%
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA%
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	40% (1994 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA	NA%
Guyana	NA	NA%
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)	80% (1998 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA	NA%
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	9% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA%	NA%
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	27% (1999)	27% (1999)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	53% (1996 est.)
Iraq	NA	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA	NA%
Israel	18% (2001 est.)	NA%
Italy	NA	NA%
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)	34% (1992 est.)
Japan	NA	NA%
Jersey	NA%	NA%
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	26% (2001 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA	NA%
Korea, North	NA	NA%
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait	NA	NA%
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)	55% (2001 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Latvia	NA	NA%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49% (1999 est.)
Liberia	80%	80%
Libya	NA	NA%
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA%
Lithuania	NA	NA%
Luxembourg	NA%	NA%
Macau	NA	NA%
Macedonia	30.2% (2003 est.)	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	24% (2001 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	70% (1994 est.)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)	54% (FY90/91 est. )
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	NA	NA%
Mali	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 76% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA	NA%
Martinique	NA%	NA%
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA%
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%	NA%
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Monaco	NA%	NA%
Mongolia	36.1% (2004 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Montserrat	NA	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Namibia	50% (2002 est.)	NA%
Nauru	NA	NA%
Nepal	42% (1995-96)	42% (FY95/96 est. )
Netherlands	NA	NA%
Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA%
New Caledonia	NA%	NA%
New Zealand	NA	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)	45% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA	NA%
Norfolk Island	NA	NA%
Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA%
Norway	NA	NA%
Oman	NA	NA%
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Palau	NA	NA%
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37%
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	54% (2003 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA	NA%
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	18% (2000 est.)
Portugal	NA	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA	NA%
Qatar	NA	NA%
Reunion	NA%	NA%
Romania	28.9% (2002)	45% (2000)
Russia	25% (January 2003 est.)	40% (1999 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 est.)	70% (2000 est.)
Saint Helena	NA	NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA%	NA%
Saint Lucia	NA	NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%	NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA	NA%
Samoa	NA	NA%
San Marino	NA%	NA%
Sao Tome and Principe	54% (2004 est.)	NA%
Saudi Arabia	NA	NA%
Senegal	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30% (1999 est.)	30%
Seychelles	NA	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA	NA%
Slovakia	NA	NA%
Slovenia	NA	NA%
Solomon Islands	NA	NA%
Somalia	NA	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	NA	NA%
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)	NA%
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	NA%
Svalbard	-	NA%
Swaziland	40% (1995)	NA%
Sweden	NA	NA%
Switzerland	NA	NA%
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	15%-25%
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2004 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	51% (1991 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	13% (1998 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA	NA%
Tonga	NA	NA%
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.6% (2001 est.)	6% (2000 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)	NA%
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)	34% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%	NA%
Tuvalu	NA	NA%
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	29% (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates	NA	NA%
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17%
United States	12% (2004 est.)	13% (2001 est.)
Uruguay	21% of households (2003)	6% (1997)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	NA%
Vanuatu	NA	NA%
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	67% (1997 est.)
Vietnam	28.9% (2002 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	NA%
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA%
West Bank	59% (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Western Sahara	NA	NA%
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	NA
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993 est.)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	60% (1999 est.)