Population below poverty line (2003) | Population below poverty line (2001) | ||
Albania | 30% (2001 est.) | 19.6% (1996 est.) | |
Argentina | 37% (2001 est.) | 37% (1999 est.) | |
Armenia | 50% (2002 est.) | 45% (1999 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 49% (2002 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 35.6% (FY 95/96 est.) | 35.6% (FY95/96 est.) | |
Benin | 37% (2001 est.) | 37.2% (1999 est.) | |
Botswana | 47% | 47% (2000 est.) | |
Brazil | 22% (1998 est.) | 17.4% (1990 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 12.6% (2001 est.) | 35% (2000 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 45% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Burma | 25% (2000 est.) | 23% (1997 est.) | |
Burundi | 70% (2002 est.) | 36.2% (1990 est.) | |
Cape Verde | 30% (2000) | NA% | |
Chad | 80% (2001 est.) | 64% (1995 est.) | |
Chile | 21% (1998 est.) | 22% (1998 est.) | |
China | 10% (2001 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | |
Colombia | 55% (2001) | 55% (1999) | |
Comoros | 60% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 37% (1995) | NA% | |
Croatia | NA% | 4% (1999 est.) | |
Djibouti | 50% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Dominican Republic | 25% | 25% (1999 est.) | |
East Timor | 42% (2002 est.) | - | |
Ecuador | 70% (2001 est.) | 50% (1999 est.) | |
Egypt | 22.9% (FY 95/96 est.) | 22.9% (FY95/96 est.) | |
Eritrea | 53% (1993/94) | NA% | |
Estonia | NA% (2000) | 8.9% (1995 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 45% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Fiji | 25.5% (1990-91) | NA% | |
France | 6.4% (1999) | NA% | |
Gaza Strip | 60% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Georgia | 54% (2001 est.) | 60% (1999 est.) | |
Grenada | 32% (2000) | NA% | |
Guam | 23% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Guatemala | 75% (2002 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) | |
Guinea-Bissau | NA% | 50% (1991 est.) | |
Haiti | 80% (2002 est.) | 80% (1998 est.) | |
India | 25% (2002 est.) | 35% (1994 est.) | |
Indonesia | 27% (1999) | 20% (1998) | |
Iran | 40% (2002 est.) | 53% (1996 est.) | |
Iraq | NA | NA% | |
Israel | 18% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Jordan | 30% (2001 est.) | 30% (1998 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 26% (2001 est.) | 35% (1999 est.) | |
Kenya | 50% (2000 est.) | 42% (1992 est.) | |
Korea, South | 4% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Kyrgyzstan | 55% (2001 est.) | 51% (1997 est.) | |
Laos | 40% (2002 est.) | 46.1% (1993 est.) | |
Lesotho | 49% (1999) | 49.2% (1999 est.) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 24% (2001 est.) | 25% (2000 est.) | |
Madagascar | 71% (1999 est.) | 70% (1994 est.) | |
Malawi | 54% (FY 90/91 est.) | 54% (FY90/91 est.) | |
Malaysia | 8% (1998 est.) | 6.8% (1997 est.) | |
Mali | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Mauritania | 50% (2001 est.) | 50% (1996 est.) | |
Mauritius | 10% (2001 est.) | 10.6% (1992 est.) | |
Mexico | 40% (2001 est.) | 27% (1998 est.) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% | NA% | |
Moldova | 80% (2001 est.) | 75% (1999 est.) | |
Mongolia | 36% (2001 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | |
Mozambique | 70% (2001 est.) | 70% (2000 est.) | |
Namibia | 50% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Nepal | 42% (1995-96) | 42% (FY95/96 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 50% (2001 est.) | 50% (2000 est.) | |
Nigeria | 60% (2000 est.) | 45% (2000 est.) | |
Pakistan | 35% (2001 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 37% (2002 est.) | 37% | |
Paraguay | 36% (2001 est.) | 36% (2000 est.) | |
Peru | 50% (2000 est.) | 49% (1994 est.) | |
Philippines | 40% (2001 est.) | 41% (1997 est.) | |
Russia | 25% (37622 est.) | 40% (1999 est.) | |
Rwanda | 60% (2001 est.) | 70% (2000 est.) | |
Senegal | 54% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 30% | - | |
Suriname | 70% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Swaziland | 40% (1995) | NA% | |
Taiwan | 1% (2000 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 60% (2001 est.) | 80% (2000 est.) | |
Tanzania | 36% (2002 est.) | 51.1% (1991 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 34.4% (2001 est.) | 58% (1999 est.) | |
Uganda | 35% (2001 est.) | 55% (1993 est.) | |
Ukraine | 29% (2001 est.) | 50% (1999 est.) | |
United States | 12.7% (2001 est.) | 12.7% (1999 est.) | |
Uruguay | 6% (1997) | NA% | |
Venezuela | 47% (1998 est.) | 67% (1997 est.) | |
West Bank | 60% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Yemen | NA | 19% (1992 est.) | |
Yugoslavia | - | NA% | |
Zambia | 86% (1993) | 86% (1993 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.) | 60% (1999 est.) |