Compare Population below poverty line (2008) - Population below poverty line (2006)

Compare Population below poverty line (2008) with Population below poverty line (2006)

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	Population below poverty line (2008)	Population below poverty line (2006)
Argentina	23.4% (January-June 2007)	38.5% (June 2005)
Armenia	26.5% (2006 est.)	43% (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan	24% (2005 est.)	49% (2002 est.)
Belgium	15% (2007 est.)	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33.5% (2002 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	37.4% (2007 est.)	33% (2001 est.)
Bhutan	31.7% (2003)	NA%
Bolivia	60% (2006 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Brazil	31% (2005)	22% (1998 est.)
Bulgaria	14.1% (2003 est.)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)
Burkina Faso	46.4% (2004)	45% (2003 est.)
Burma	32.7% (2007 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Cambodia	35% (2004)	40% (2004 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)	15.9%; 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 (2003)
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.)	10% (2001 est.)
Czech Republic	NA%	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%
Djibouti	42% (2007 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic	42.2% (2004)	25%
East Timor	-	42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	38.3% (2006)	41% (2003)
El Salvador	30.7% (2006 est.)	36.1% (2003 est.)
Estonia	5% (2003)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)
Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)	25.5% (1990-91)
France	6.2% (2004)	6.5% (2000)
French Guiana	-	NA%
Gaza Strip	80% (2007 est.)	81% (2004 est.)
Georgia	31% (2006)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	11% (2001 est.)	NA%
Ghana	28.5% (2007 est.)	31.4% (1992 est.)
Guadeloupe	-	NA%
Guatemala	56.2% (2004 est.)	75% (2004 est.)
Guinea	47% (2006 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Honduras	50.7% (2004)	53% (1993 est.)
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)
India	25% (2007 est.)	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	17.8% (2006)	16.7% (2004)
Iran	18% (2007 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Ireland	7% (2005 est.)	10% (1997 est.)
Israel	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)	21% (2005)
Jamaica	14.8% (2003 est.)	19.1% (2003 est.)
Jordan	14.2% (2002)	30% (2001 est.)
Kosovo	30% (2006 est.)	-
Laos	30.7% (2005 est.)	34% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA%	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%
Liberia	80% (2000 est.)	80%
Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)	NA%
Lithuania	4% (2003)	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%
Macedonia	30% (2005)	29.6% (2004 est.)
Malawi	53% (2004)	55% (2004 est.)
Malaysia	5.1% (2002 est.)	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	21% (2004)	21% NA%
Martinique	-	NA%
Mexico	13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)	26.7%
Moldova	29.5% (2005)	80% (2001 est.)
Mongolia	36.1% (2004)	36.1% (2004 est.)
Montenegro	7% (2007 est.)	12.2% (2003)
Morocco	15% (2007 est.)	19% (2005 est.)
Nepal	30.9% (2004)	31% (2003-2004)
Netherlands	10.5% (2005)	10.5% NA%
Nicaragua	48% (2005)	50% (2001 est.)
Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 est.)	32% (FY00/01 est.)
Peru	44.5% (2006)	54% (2003 est.)
Philippines	30% (2003 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Reunion	-	NA%
Romania	25% (2005 est.)	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)
Russia	15.8% (November 2007)	17.8% (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone	70.2% (2004)	68% (1989 est.)
Slovakia	21% (2002)	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%
Slovenia	12.9% (2004)	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)
Spain	19.8% (2005)	NA%
Sri Lanka	22% (2002 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Swaziland	69% (2006)	69% (2005)
Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)	20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan	0.95% (2007 est.)	0.9% (2005)
Timor-Leste	42% (2003 est.)	-
Tonga	24% (FY03/04)	24% NA%
Trinidad and Tobago	17% (2007 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Turkmenistan	27% (2002)	58% (2003 est.)
Ukraine	37.7% (2003)	29% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates	19.5% (2003)	NA%
United Kingdom	14% (2006 est.)	17% (2002 est.)
Uruguay	27.37% of households (2006)	22% of households (2004)
Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)	28% (2004 est.)
Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	14.75% (2007 est.)	19.5% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands	28.9% (2002)	NA%
West Bank	46% (2007 est.)	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe	68% (2004)	80% (2004 est.)