| Population below poverty line (2001) | Population below poverty line (2002) | ||
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				Albania | 19.6% (1996 est.) | 30% (2001 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 37% (1999 est.) | 37% (2001 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 45% (1999 est.) | 55% (2001 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 60% (2000 est.) | 49% (2002) | 
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				Bangladesh | 35.6% (FY95/96 est.) | 36% | 
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				Benin | 37.2% (1999 est.) | 37% (2001 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 17.4% (1990 est.) | 22% (1998 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | NA% | 45% (2001 est.) | 
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				Burma | 23% (1997 est.) | 25% (2000 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 36.2% (1990 est.) | 70% (2001 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | NA% | 30% (2000) | 
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				Chad | 64% (1995 est.) | 80% (2001 est.) | 
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				China | 10% (1999 est.) | 10% (2001 est.) | 
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				Colombia | 55% (1999) | 55% (2001) (2001) | 
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				Comoros | NA% | 60% (2001 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 20.6% (1999 est.) | 21% (1999 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 4% (1999 est.) | NA% | 
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				Djibouti | NA% | 50% (2001 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 25% (1999 est.) | 25% | 
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				East Timor | - | 42% (2002 est.) | 
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				Ecuador | 50% (1999 est.) | 70% (2001 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 22.9% (FY95/96 est.) | 23% (FY95/96 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 8.9% (1995 est.) | NA% (2000) | 
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				Ethiopia | NA% | 64% (1996) | 
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				Fiji | NA% | 26% (1990-91 ) | 
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				Gaza Strip | NA% | 1% 60% (2001 est.) | 
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				Georgia | 60% (1999 est.) | 54% (2001 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 31.4% (1992 est.) | 31% (1992 est.) | 
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				Guam | NA% | 23% (2001 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 50% (1991 est.) | NA% | 
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				Hungary | 8.6% (1993 est.) | 9% (1993 est.) | 
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				India | 35% (1994 est.) | 25% (2002 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 20% (1998) | 27% (1999) | 
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				Jamaica | 34.2% (1992 est.) | 34% (1992 est.) | 
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				Jordan | 30% (1998 est.) | 30% (2001 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 35% (1999 est.) | 26% (2001 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 42% (1992 est.) | 50% (2000 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | NA% | 4% (2001 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 51% (1997 est.) | 55% (2001 est.) | 
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				Laos | 46.1% (1993 est.) | 40% (2001 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 49.2% (1999 est.) | 49% (1999 est.) | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 25% (2000 est.) | 24% (2001 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 54% (FY90/91 est.) | 54% (FY90/91 est. ) | 
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				Malaysia | 6.8% (1997 est.) | 8% (1998 est.) | 
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				Mali | NA% | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 76% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.) | 
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				Mauritania | 50% (1996 est.) | 50% (2001 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 10.6% (1992 est.) | 10% (2001 est.) | 
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				Mexico | 27% (1998 est.) | 40% (2001 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 75% (1999 est.) | 80% (2001 est.) | 
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				Mongolia | 40% (2000 est.) | 36% (2001 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 70% (2000 est.) | 70% (2001 est.) | 
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				Nepal | 42% (FY95/96 est.) | 42% (FY95/96 est. ) | 
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				Nicaragua | 50% (2000 est.) | 50% (2001 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 40% (2000 est.) | 35% (2001 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 36% (2000 est.) | 36% (2001 est.) | 
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				Peru | 49% (1994 est.) | 50% (2000 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 41% (1997 est.) | 40% (2001 est.) | 
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				Poland | 18.4% (2000 est.) | 18% (2000 est.) | 
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				Romania | 44.5% (2000) | 45% (2000) | 
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				Senegal | NA% | 54% (2001 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | - | 30% | 
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				Taiwan | 1% (1999 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 80% (2000 est.) | 80% (2001 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 51.1% (1991 est.) | 51% (1991 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 12.5% (1998 est.) | 13% (1998 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 58% (1999 est.) | 34% (2001 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 55% (1993 est.) | 35% (2001 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 50% (1999 est.) | 29% (2001 est.) | 
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				United States | 12.7% (1999 est.) | 13% (2001 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | NA% | 6% (1997) | 
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				West Bank | NA% | 50% (2001 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 19% (1992 est.) | NA | 
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				Yugoslavia | NA% | - |