Compare Population below poverty line (2003) - Population below poverty line (2008)

Compare Population below poverty line (2003) with Population below poverty line (2008)

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	Population below poverty line (2003)	Population below poverty line (2008)
Afghanistan	NA%	53% (2003)
Albania	30% (2001 est.)	25% (2004 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
Angola	NA%	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	NA%	23% (2002)
Argentina	37% (2001 est.)	23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)	26.5% (2006 est.)
Austria	NA%	5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA%	9.3% (2004)
Bangladesh	35.6% (FY 95/96 est.)	45% (2004 est.)
Belarus	22% (1995 est.)	27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium	4%	15% (2007 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin	37% (2001 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%	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	31% (2005)
Bulgaria	12.6% (2001 est.)	14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2001 est.)	46.4% (2004)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi	70% (2002 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	36% (1997 est.)	35% (2004)
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)
Chile	21% (1998 est.)	18.2% (2005)
China	10% (2001 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% (2001)	49.2% (2005)
Costa Rica	20.6% (1999 est.)	18% (2004 est.)
Croatia	NA%	11% (2003)
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	42% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%	42.2% (2004)
East Timor	42% (2002 est.)	-
Ecuador	70% (2001 est.)	38.3% (2006)
Egypt	22.9% (FY 95/96 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	48% (1999 est.)	30.7% (2006 est.)
Eritrea	53% (1993/94)	50% (2004 est.)
Estonia	NA% (2000)	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	45% (2002 est.)	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union	-	see individual country listings
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	25.5% (FY90/91)
France	6.4% (1999)	6.2% (2004)
French Guiana	NA%	-
Gaza Strip	60% (2002 est.)	80% (2007 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	31% (2006)
Germany	NA%	11% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	28.5% (2007 est.)
Guadeloupe	NA%	-
Guatemala	75% (2002 est.)	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guinea	40% (1994 est.)	47% (2006 est.)
Haiti	80% (2002 est.)	80% (2003 est.)
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	50.7% (2004)
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia	27% (1999)	17.8% (2006)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	18% (2007 est.)
Iraq	NA	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	7% (2005 est.)
Israel	18% (2001 est.)	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Jamaica	34.2% (1992 est.)	14.8% (2003 est.)
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan	26% (2001 est.)	19% (2004 est.)
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo	-	30% (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	55% (2001 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	30.7% (2005 est.)
Liberia	80%	80% (2000 est.)
Libya	NA%	7.4% (2005 est.)
Lithuania	NA%	4% (2003)
Macedonia	-	30% (2005)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	24% (2001 est.)	-
Madagascar	71% (1999 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Malawi	54% (FY 90/91 est.)	53% (2004)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)	5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives	NA%	21% (2004)
Mali	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)	64% (2001 est.)
Martinique	NA%	-
Mauritania	50% (2001 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Mexico	40% (2001 est.)	13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%	26.7% (2000)
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)	29.5% (2005)
Mongolia	36% (2001 est.)	36.1% (2004)
Montenegro	-	7% (2007 est.)
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Namibia	50% (2002 est.)	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
Nepal	42% (1995-96)	30.9% (2004)
Netherlands	NA%	10.5% (2005)
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	48% (2005)
Norfolk Island	NA%	-
Pakistan	35% (2001 est.)	24% (FY05/06 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	32% (2005 est.)
Peru	50% (2000 est.)	44.5% (2006)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	30% (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA%	-
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	17% (2003 est.)
Reunion	NA%	-
Romania	44.5% (2000)	25% (2005 est.)
Russia	25% (37622 est.)	15.8% (November 2007)
Sao Tome and Principe	NA%	54% (2004 est.)
Serbia	-	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30%	-
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	70.2% (2004)
Slovakia	NA%	21% (2002)
Slovenia	NA%	12.9% (2004)
Spain	NA%	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (2002 est.)
Sudan	NA%	40% (2004 est.)
Svalbard	NA%	-
Swaziland	40% (1995)	69% (2006)
Syria	15%-25%	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2001 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Thailand	12.5% (1998 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	42% (2003 est.)
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	34.4% (2001 est.)	27% (2002)
Ukraine	29% (2001 est.)	37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates	NA%	19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom	17%	14% (2006 est.)
United States	12.7% (2001 est.)	12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay	6% (1997)	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	NA%	33% (2004 est.)
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	37% (1998 est.)	14.75% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	28.9% (2002)
West Bank	60% (2002 est.)	46% (2007 est.)
Yemen	NA	45.2% (2003)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	68% (2004)