Compare Population below poverty line (2001) - Population below poverty line (2008)

Compare Population below poverty line (2001) with Population below poverty line (2008)

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	Population below poverty line (2001)	Population below poverty line (2008)
Afghanistan	NA%	53% (2003)
Albania	19.6% (1996 est.)	25% (2004 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa	NA%	NA%
Andorra	NA%	NA%
Angola	NA%	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	NA%	23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%	NA%
Argentina	37% (1999 est.)	23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia	45% (1999 est.)	26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba	NA%	NA%
Australia	NA%	NA%
Austria	NA%	5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan	60% (2000 est.)	24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA%	9.3% (2004)
Bahrain	NA%	NA%
Bangladesh	35.6% (FY95/96 est.)	45% (2004 est.)
Barbados	NA%	NA%
Belarus	22% (1995 est.)	27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium	4%	15% (2007 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin	37.2% (1999 est.)	37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda	NA%	19% (2000)
Bhutan	NA%	31.7% (2003)
Bolivia	70% (1999 est.)	60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA%	25% (2004 est.)
Botswana	47% (2000 est.)	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	17.4% (1990 est.)	31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands	NA%	NA%
Brunei	NA%	NA%
Bulgaria	35% (2000 est.)	14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso	NA%	46.4% (2004)
Burma	23% (1997 est.)	32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi	36.2% (1990 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	36% (1997 est.)	35% (2004)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)	48% (2000 est.)
Canada	NA%	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	NA%	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA%	NA%
Central African Republic	NA%	NA%
Chad	64% (1995 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	22% (1998 est.)	18.2% (2005)
China	10% (1999 est.)	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.)
Christmas Island	NA%	-
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA%	-
Colombia	55% (1999)	49.2% (2005)
Comoros	NA%	60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%	NA%
Congo, Republic of the	NA%	NA%
Cook Islands	NA%	NA%
Costa Rica	20.6% (1999 est.)	18% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	NA%	37% (1995)
Croatia	4% (1999 est.)	11% (2003)
Cuba	NA%	NA%
Cyprus	NA%	NA%
Czech Republic	NA%	NA%
Denmark	NA%	NA%
Djibouti	NA%	42% (2007 est.)
Dominica	NA%	30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	25% (1999 est.)	42.2% (2004)
Ecuador	50% (1999 est.)	38.3% (2006)
Egypt	22.9% (FY95/96 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	48% (1999 est.)	30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%	NA%
Eritrea	NA%	50% (2004 est.)
Estonia	8.9% (1995 est.)	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	NA%	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union	-	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA%
Fiji	NA%	25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland	NA%	NA%
France	NA%	6.2% (2004)
French Guiana	NA%	-
French Polynesia	NA%	NA%
Gabon	NA%	NA%
Gambia, The	NA%	NA%
Gaza Strip	NA%	80% (2007 est.)
Georgia	60% (1999 est.)	31% (2006)
Germany	NA%	11% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%	NA%
Greece	NA%	NA%
Greenland	NA%	NA%
Grenada	NA%	32% (2000)
Guadeloupe	NA%	-
Guam	NA%	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	60% (2000 est.)	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA%
Guinea	40% (1994 est.)	47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	50% (1991 est.)	NA%
Guyana	NA%	NA%
Haiti	80% (1998 est.)	80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong	NA%	NA%
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA%	NA%
India	35% (1994 est.)	25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia	20% (1998)	17.8% (2006)
Iran	53% (1996 est.)	18% (2007 est.)
Iraq	NA%	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man	NA%	NA%
Israel	NA%	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy	NA%	NA%
Jamaica	34.2% (1992 est.)	14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan	NA%	NA%
Jersey	NA%	NA%
Jordan	30% (1998 est.)	14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan	35% (1999 est.)	19% (2004 est.)
Kenya	42% (1992 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA%	NA%
Korea, North	NA%	NA%
Korea, South	NA%	15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo	-	30% (2006 est.)
Kuwait	NA%	NA%
Kyrgyzstan	51% (1997 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Laos	46.1% (1993 est.)	30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA%	NA%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49.2% (1999 est.)	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%	80% (2000 est.)
Libya	NA%	7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA%
Lithuania	NA%	4% (2003)
Luxembourg	NA%	NA%
Macau	NA%	NA%
Macedonia	-	30% (2005)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	25% (2000 est.)	-
Madagascar	70% (1994 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Malawi	54% (FY90/91 est.)	53% (2004)
Malaysia	6.8% (1997 est.)	5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives	NA%	21% (2004)
Mali	NA%	64% (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA%	NA%
Martinique	NA%	-
Mauritania	50% (1996 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	10.6% (1992 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA%
Mexico	27% (1998 est.)	13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of	NA%	26.7% (2000)
Moldova	75% (1999 est.)	29.5% (2005)
Monaco	NA%	NA%
Mongolia	40% (2000 est.)	36.1% (2004)
Montenegro	-	7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat	NA%	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2000 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Namibia	NA%	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%	NA%
Nepal	42% (FY95/96 est.)	30.9% (2004)
Netherlands	NA%	10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles	NA%	NA%
New Caledonia	NA%	NA%
New Zealand	NA%	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2000 est.)	48% (2005)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	45% (2000 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA%	NA%
Norfolk Island	NA%	-
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%	NA%
Norway	NA%	NA%
Oman	NA%	NA%
Pakistan	40% (2000 est.)	24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau	NA%	NA%
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37%	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2000 est.)	32% (2005 est.)
Peru	49% (1994 est.)	44.5% (2006)
Philippines	41% (1997 est.)	30% (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA%	-
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	17% (2003 est.)
Portugal	NA%	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA%	NA%
Qatar	NA%	NA%
Reunion	NA%	-
Romania	44.5% (2000)	25% (2005 est.)
Russia	40% (1999 est.)	15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda	70% (2000 est.)	60% (2001 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	NA%	54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia	NA%	NA%
Senegal	NA%	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia	-	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Seychelles	NA%	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	70.2% (2004)
Singapore	NA%	NA%
Slovakia	NA%	21% (2002)
Slovenia	NA%	12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA%
Somalia	NA%	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	NA%	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (2002 est.)
Sudan	NA%	40% (2004 est.)
Suriname	NA%	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	NA%	-
Swaziland	NA%	69% (2006)
Sweden	NA%	NA%
Switzerland	NA%	NA%
Syria	15%-25%	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	1% (1999 est.)	0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan	80% (2000 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	51.1% (1991 est.)	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	12.5% (1998 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	42% (2003 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA%	NA%
Tonga	NA%	24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia	6% (2000 est.)	7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey	NA%	20% (2002)
Turkmenistan	58% (1999 est.)	27% (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%	NA%
Tuvalu	NA%	NA%
Uganda	55% (1993 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	50% (1999 est.)	37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates	NA%	19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom	17%	14% (2006 est.)
United States	12.7% (1999 est.)	12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay	NA%	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	NA%	33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA%
Venezuela	67% (1997 est.)	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	37% (1998 est.)	14.75% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA%
West Bank	NA%	46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA%
Yemen	19% (1992 est.)	45.2% (2003)
Yugoslavia	NA%	-
Zambia	86% (1993 est.)	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	60% (1999 est.)	68% (2004)