Compare Population below poverty line (2002) - Population below poverty line (2006)

Compare Population below poverty line (2002) with Population below poverty line (2006)

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	Population below poverty line (2002)	Population below poverty line (2006)
Afghanistan	NA%	53% (2003)
Albania	30% (2001 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% (2001 est.)	38.5% (June 2005)
Armenia	55% (2001 est.)	43% (2003 est.)
Aruba	NA%	NA%
Australia	NA%	NA%
Austria	NA%	5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002)	49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA%	9.3% (2004)
Bahrain	NA%	NA%
Bangladesh	36%	45% (2004 est.)
Barbados	NA%	NA%
Belarus	22% (1995 est.)	27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium	4%	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33% (1999 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.)	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA%	NA%
Brunei	NA%	NA%
Bulgaria	35% (2000 est.)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)
Burkina Faso	45% (2001 est.)	45% (2003 est.)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	70% (2001 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	36% (1997 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)	48% (2000 est.)
Canada	NA%	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)
Cape Verde	30% (2000)	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA%	NA%
Central African Republic	NA%	NA%
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	22% (1998 est.)	18.2% (2005)
China	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island	NA%	-
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA%	-
Colombia	55% (2001) (2001)	49.2% (2005)
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%
Cyprus	NA%	NA%
Czech Republic	NA%	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%
Denmark	NA%	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Dominica	NA%	30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%	25%
East Timor	42% (2002 est.)	42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	70% (2001 est.)	41% (2003)
Egypt	23% (FY95/96 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	48% (1999 est.)	36.1% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%	NA%
Eritrea	NA%	50% (2004 est.)
Estonia	NA% (2000)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)
Ethiopia	64% (1996)	50% (2004 est.)
European Union	-	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA%
Fiji	26% (1990-91 )	25.5% (1990-91)
Finland	NA%	NA%
France	NA%	6.5% (2000)
French Guiana	NA%	NA%
French Polynesia	NA%	NA%
Gabon	NA%	NA%
Gambia, The	NA%	NA%
Gaza Strip	1% 60% (2001 est.)	81% (2004 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	NA%	NA%
Ghana	31% (1992 est.)	31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%	NA%
Greece	NA%	NA%
Greenland	NA%	NA%
Grenada	NA%	32% (2000)
Guadeloupe	NA%	NA%
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	60% (2000 est.)	75% (2004 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA%
Guinea	40% (1994 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	NA%
Guyana	NA%	NA%
Haiti	80% (1998 est.)	80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA%	NA%
Hungary	9% (1993 est.)	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)
Iceland	NA%	NA%
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	27% (1999)	16.7% (2004)
Iran	53% (1996 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Iraq	NA%	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA%	NA%
Israel	NA%	21% (2005)
Italy	NA%	NA%
Jamaica	34% (1992 est.)	19.1% (2003 est.)
Japan	NA%	NA%
Jersey	NA%	NA%
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	26% (2001 est.)	19% (2004 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA%	NA%
Korea, North	NA%	NA%
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	15% (2003 est.)
Kuwait	NA%	NA%
Kyrgyzstan	55% (2001 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Laos	40% (2001 est.)	34% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA%	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999 est.)	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%	80%
Libya	NA%	NA%
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA%
Lithuania	NA%	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%
Luxembourg	NA%	NA%
Macau	NA%	NA%
Macedonia	-	29.6% (2004 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.)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	NA%	21% 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% (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA%	NA%
Martinique	NA%	NA%
Mauritania	50% (2001 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA%
Mexico	40% (2001 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	NA%	26.7%
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Monaco	NA%	NA%
Mongolia	36% (2001 est.)	36.1% (2004 est.)
Montenegro	-	12.2% (2003)
Montserrat	NA%	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	19% (2005 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 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. )	31% (2003-2004)
Netherlands	NA%	10.5% NA%
Netherlands Antilles	NA%	NA%
New Caledonia	NA%	NA%
New Zealand	NA%	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
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	35% (2001 est.)	32% (FY00/01 est.)
Palau	NA%	NA%
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37%	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	32% (2005 est.)
Peru	50% (2000 est.)	54% (2003 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA%	-
Poland	18% (2000 est.)	17% (2003 est.)
Portugal	NA%	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA%	NA%
Qatar	NA%	NA%
Reunion	NA%	NA%
Romania	45% (2000)	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)
Russia	40% (1999 est.)	17.8% (2004 est.)
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	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia	-	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30%	-
Seychelles	NA%	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA%	NA%
Slovakia	NA%	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%
Slovenia	NA%	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA%
Somalia	NA%	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	NA%	NA%
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	NA%	40% (2004 est.)
Suriname	NA%	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	NA%	-
Swaziland	NA%	69% (2005)
Sweden	NA%	NA%
Switzerland	NA%	NA%
Syria	15%-25%	20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	0.9% (2005)
Tajikistan	80% (2001 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	51% (1991 est.)	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	13% (1998 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA%	NA%
Tonga	NA%	24% NA%
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	6% (2000 est.)	7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey	NA%	20% (2002)
Turkmenistan	34% (2001 est.)	58% (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%	NA%
Tuvalu	NA%	NA%
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
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)	22% of households (2004)
Uzbekistan	NA%	28% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA%
Venezuela	67% (1997 est.)	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	37% (1998 est.)	19.5% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	NA%
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA%
West Bank	50% (2001 est.)	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA%
Yemen	NA	45.2% (2003)
Zambia	86% (1993 est.)	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	60% (1999 est.)	80% (2004 est.)