| Population below poverty line (2002) | Population below poverty line (2001) | ||
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				Afghanistan | NA% | NA% | 
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				Albania | 30% (2001 est.) | 19.6% (1996 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 23% (1999 est.) | 23% (1999 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | NA% | NA% | 
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				Andorra | NA% | NA% | 
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				Angola | NA% | NA% | 
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				Anguilla | NA% | NA% | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | NA% | NA% | 
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				Argentina | 37% (2001 est.) | 37% (1999 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 55% (2001 est.) | 45% (1999 est.) | 
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				Aruba | NA% | NA% | 
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				Australia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Austria | NA% | NA% | 
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				Azerbaijan | 49% (2002) | 60% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | NA% | NA% | 
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				Bahrain | NA% | NA% | 
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				Bangladesh | 36% | 35.6% (FY95/96 est.) | 
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				Barbados | NA% | NA% | 
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				Belarus | 22% (1995 est.) | 22% (1995 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 4% | 4% | 
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				Belize | 33% (1999 est.) | 33% (1999 est.) | 
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				Benin | 37% (2001 est.) | 37.2% (1999 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | NA% | NA% | 
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				Bhutan | NA% | NA% | 
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				Bolivia | 70% (1999 est.) | 70% (1999 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA% | NA% | 
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				Botswana | 47% (2000 est.) | 47% (2000 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 22% (1998 est.) | 17.4% (1990 est.) | 
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				British Virgin Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Brunei | NA% | NA% | 
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				Bulgaria | 35% (2000 est.) | 35% (2000 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 45% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Burma | 25% (2000 est.) | 23% (1997 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 70% (2001 est.) | 36.2% (1990 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 36% (1997 est.) | 36% (1997 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 48% (2000 est.) | 48% (2000 est.) | 
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				Canada | NA% | NA% | 
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				Cape Verde | 30% (2000) | NA% | 
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				Cayman Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Central African Republic | NA% | NA% | 
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				Chad | 80% (2001 est.) | 64% (1995 est.) | 
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				Chile | 22% (1998 est.) | 22% (1998 est.) | 
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				China | 10% (2001 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA% | NA% | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Colombia | 55% (2001) (2001) | 55% (1999) | 
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				Comoros | 60% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA% | NA% | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | NA% | NA% | 
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				Cook Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Costa Rica | 21% (1999 est.) | 20.6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | NA% | NA% | 
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				Croatia | NA% | 4% (1999 est.) | 
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				Cuba | NA% | NA% | 
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				Cyprus | NA% | NA% | 
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				Czech Republic | NA% | NA% | 
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				Denmark | NA% | NA% | 
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				Djibouti | 50% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Dominica | NA% | NA% | 
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				Dominican Republic | 25% | 25% (1999 est.) | 
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				East Timor | 42% (2002 est.) | - | 
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				Ecuador | 70% (2001 est.) | 50% (1999 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 23% (FY95/96 est.) | 22.9% (FY95/96 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 48% (1999 est.) | 48% (1999 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | NA% | NA% | 
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				Eritrea | NA% | NA% | 
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				Estonia | NA% (2000) | 8.9% (1995 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 64% (1996) | NA% | 
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				Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA% | NA% | 
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				Faroe Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Fiji | 26% (1990-91 ) | NA% | 
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				Finland | NA% | NA% | 
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				France | NA% | NA% | 
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				French Guiana | NA% | NA% | 
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				French Polynesia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Gabon | NA% | NA% | 
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				Gambia, The | NA% | NA% | 
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				Gaza Strip | 1% 60% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Georgia | 54% (2001 est.) | 60% (1999 est.) | 
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				Germany | NA% | NA% | 
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				Ghana | 31% (1992 est.) | 31.4% (1992 est.) | 
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				Gibraltar | NA% | NA% | 
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				Greece | NA% | NA% | 
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				Greenland | NA% | NA% | 
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				Grenada | NA% | NA% | 
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				Guadeloupe | NA% | NA% | 
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				Guam | 23% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Guatemala | 60% (2000 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | NA% | NA% | 
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				Guinea | 40% (1994 est.) | 40% (1994 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | NA% | 50% (1991 est.) | 
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				Guyana | NA% | NA% | 
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				Haiti | 80% (1998 est.) | 80% (1998 est.) | 
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				Holy See (Vatican City) | NA% | NA% | 
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				Honduras | 53% (1993 est.) | 53% (1993 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | NA% | NA% | 
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				Hungary | 9% (1993 est.) | 8.6% (1993 est.) | 
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				Iceland | NA% | NA% | 
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				India | 25% (2002 est.) | 35% (1994 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 27% (1999) | 20% (1998) | 
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				Iran | 53% (1996 est.) | 53% (1996 est.) | 
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				Iraq | NA% | NA% | 
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				Ireland | 10% (1997 est.) | 10% (1997 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | NA% | NA% | 
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				Israel | NA% | NA% | 
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				Italy | NA% | NA% | 
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				Jamaica | 34% (1992 est.) | 34.2% (1992 est.) | 
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				Japan | NA% | NA% | 
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				Jersey | NA% | NA% | 
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				Jordan | 30% (2001 est.) | 30% (1998 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 26% (2001 est.) | 35% (1999 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 50% (2000 est.) | 42% (1992 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | NA% | NA% | 
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				Korea, North | NA% | NA% | 
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				Korea, South | 4% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Kuwait | NA% | NA% | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 55% (2001 est.) | 51% (1997 est.) | 
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				Laos | 40% (2001 est.) | 46.1% (1993 est.) | 
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				Latvia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Lebanon | 28% (1999 est.) | 28% (1999 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 49% (1999 est.) | 49.2% (1999 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 80% | 80% | 
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				Libya | NA% | NA% | 
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				Liechtenstein | NA% | NA% | 
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				Lithuania | NA% | NA% | 
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				Luxembourg | NA% | NA% | 
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				Macau | NA% | NA% | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 24% (2001 est.) | 25% (2000 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 70% (1994 est.) | 70% (1994 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 54% (FY90/91 est. ) | 54% (FY90/91 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 8% (1998 est.) | 6.8% (1997 est.) | 
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				Maldives | NA% | NA% | 
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				Mali | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 76% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Malta | NA% | NA% | 
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				Marshall Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Martinique | NA% | NA% | 
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				Mauritania | 50% (2001 est.) | 50% (1996 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 10% (2001 est.) | 10.6% (1992 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | NA% | NA% | 
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				Mexico | 40% (2001 est.) | 27% (1998 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | NA% | NA% | 
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				Moldova | 80% (2001 est.) | 75% (1999 est.) | 
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				Monaco | NA% | NA% | 
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				Mongolia | 36% (2001 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | 
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				Montserrat | NA% | NA% | 
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				Morocco | 19% (1999 est.) | 19% (1999 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 70% (2001 est.) | 70% (2000 est.) | 
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				Namibia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Nauru | NA% | NA% | 
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				Nepal | 42% (FY95/96 est. ) | 42% (FY95/96 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | NA% | NA% | 
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				New Caledonia | NA% | NA% | 
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				New Zealand | NA% | NA% | 
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				Nicaragua | 50% (2001 est.) | 50% (2000 est.) | 
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				Niger | 63% (1993 est.) | 63% (1993 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 45% (2000 est.) | 45% (2000 est.) | 
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				Niue | NA% | NA% | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA% | NA% | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Norway | NA% | NA% | 
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				Oman | NA% | NA% | 
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				Pakistan | 35% (2001 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | 
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				Palau | NA% | NA% | 
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				Panama | 37% (1999 est.) | 37% (1999 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 37% | 37% | 
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				Paraguay | 36% (2001 est.) | 36% (2000 est.) | 
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				Peru | 50% (2000 est.) | 49% (1994 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 40% (2001 est.) | 41% (1997 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Poland | 18% (2000 est.) | 18.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Portugal | NA% | NA% | 
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				Puerto Rico | NA% | NA% | 
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				Qatar | NA% | NA% | 
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				Reunion | NA% | NA% | 
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				Romania | 45% (2000) | 44.5% (2000) | 
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				Russia | 40% (1999 est.) | 40% (1999 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 70% (2000 est.) | 70% (2000 est.) | 
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				Saint Helena | NA% | NA% | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA% | NA% | 
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				Saint Lucia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA% | NA% | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA% | NA% | 
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				Samoa | NA% | NA% | 
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				San Marino | NA% | NA% | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | NA% | NA% | 
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				Saudi Arabia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Senegal | 54% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | 30% | - | 
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				Seychelles | NA% | NA% | 
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				Sierra Leone | 68% (1989 est.) | 68% (1989 est.) | 
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				Singapore | NA% | NA% | 
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				Slovakia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Slovenia | NA% | NA% | 
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				Solomon Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Somalia | NA% | NA% | 
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				South Africa | 50% (2000 est.) | 50% (2000 est.) | 
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				Spain | NA% | NA% | 
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				Sri Lanka | 22% (1997 est.) | 22% (1997 est.) | 
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				Sudan | NA% | NA% | 
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				Suriname | NA% | NA% | 
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				Svalbard | NA% | NA% | 
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				Swaziland | NA% | NA% | 
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				Sweden | NA% | NA% | 
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				Switzerland | NA% | NA% | 
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				Syria | 15%-25% | 15%-25% | 
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				Taiwan | 1% (2000 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 80% (2001 est.) | 80% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 51% (1991 est.) | 51.1% (1991 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 13% (1998 est.) | 12.5% (1998 est.) | 
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				Togo | 32% (1989 est.) | 32% (1989 est.) | 
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				Tokelau | NA% | NA% | 
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				Tonga | NA% | NA% | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 21% (1992 est.) | 21% (1992 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 6% (2000 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Turkey | NA% | NA% | 
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				Turkmenistan | 34% (2001 est.) | 58% (1999 est.) | 
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				Turks and Caicos Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Tuvalu | NA% | NA% | 
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				Uganda | 35% (2001 est.) | 55% (1993 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 29% (2001 est.) | 50% (1999 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | NA% | NA% | 
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				United Kingdom | 17% | 17% | 
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				United States | 13% (2001 est.) | 12.7% (1999 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 6% (1997) | NA% | 
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				Uzbekistan | NA% | NA% | 
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				Vanuatu | NA% | NA% | 
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				Venezuela | 67% (1997 est.) | 67% (1997 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 37% (1998 est.) | 37% (1998 est.) | 
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				Virgin Islands | NA% | NA% | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | NA% | NA% | 
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				West Bank | 50% (2001 est.) | NA% | 
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				Western Sahara | NA% | NA% | 
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				Yemen | NA | 19% (1992 est.) | 
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				Yugoslavia | - | NA% | 
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				Zambia | 86% (1993 est.) | 86% (1993 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 60% (1999 est.) | 60% (1999 est.) |