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