Compare Population below poverty line (2004) - Population below poverty line (2007)

Compare Population below poverty line (2004) with Population below poverty line (2007)

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	Population below poverty line (2004)	Population below poverty line (2007)
Afghanistan	23% (2002)	53% (2003)
Albania	30% (2001 est.)	25% (2004 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa	NA	NA%
Andorra	NA	NA%
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	NA	23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA%
Argentina	51.7% (May 2003)	26.9% (July-December 2006)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)	34.6% (2004 est.)
Aruba	NA	NA%
Australia	NA	NA%
Austria	3.9% (1999)	5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA	9.3% (2004)
Bahrain	NA	NA%
Bangladesh	35.6% (FY95/96 est.)	45% (2004 est.)
Barbados	NA	NA%
Belarus	22% (1995 est.)	27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin	37% (2001 est.)	33% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	19% (2000)
Bhutan	NA	31.7% (2003)
Bolivia	70% (1999 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA (2004 est.)	25% (2004 est.)
Botswana	47% (2002 est.)	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA%
Brunei	NA (1992 est.)	NA%
Bulgaria	13.4% (2002 est.)	14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2003 est.)	46.4% (2003)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	36% (1997 est.)	35% (2004)
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 (2002 est.)	NA%
Central African Republic	NA (1993)	NA%
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	20.6% (2000 est.)	18.2% (2005)
China	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Christmas Island	NA	-
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA	-
Colombia	55% (2001)	49.2% (2005)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)	60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA	NA%
Congo, Republic of the	NA	NA%
Cook Islands	NA	NA%
Costa Rica	20.6% (2002 est.)	18% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	37% (1995)
Croatia	NA	11% (2003)
Cuba	NA	NA%
Cyprus	NA	NA%
Czech Republic	NA	NA%
Denmark	NA	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)	30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%	42.2% (2004)
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	-
Ecuador	65% (2003 est.)	38.5% (2005-06)
Egypt	16.7% (2000 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	48% (1999 est.)	35.2% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA%
Eritrea	53% (1993/94)	50% (2004 est.)
Estonia	NA (2000)	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	50% (2003 est.)	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union	NA	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA	NA%
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland	NA	NA%
France	6.5% (2000)	6.2% (2004)
French Guiana	NA	-
French Polynesia	NA	NA%
Gabon	NA	NA%
Gambia, The	NA	NA%
Gaza Strip	60% (2003 est.)	63.1% (2005 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	54.5% (2003)
Germany	NA	11% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA	NA%
Greece	NA	NA%
Greenland	NA	NA%
Grenada	32% (2000)	32% (2000)
Guadeloupe	NA	-
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	75% (2002 est.)	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey	NA	NA%
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA	NA%
Guyana	NA	NA%
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)	80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong	NA	NA%
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA	NA%
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	27% (1999)	17.8% (2006)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Iraq	NA	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA	NA%
Israel	18% (2001 est.)	21.6% (2005)
Italy	NA	NA%
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)	14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan	NA	NA%
Jersey	NA	NA%
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	14.2% (2002)
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	50% (2003 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA	NA%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%	80% (2000 est.)
Libya	NA	7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein	NA	NA%
Lithuania	NA	4% (2003)
Luxembourg	NA	NA%
Macau	NA	NA%
Macedonia	30.2% (2002 est.)	30% (2005)
Madagascar	71% (1999 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
Malawi	55% (2003 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.)
Malta	NA	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA	NA%
Martinique	NA	-
Mauritania	50% (2001 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA	NA%
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)	17.6% (2004)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%	26.7% (2000)
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)	29.5% (2005)
Monaco	NA	NA%
Mongolia	33% (2003 est.)	36.1% (2004)
Montenegro	-	12.2% (2003)
Montserrat	NA	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	19% (2005 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)	70% (2001 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
Nauru	NA	NA%
Nepal	42% (1995-96)	30.9% (2004)
Netherlands	NA	10.5% (1999)
Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA%
New Caledonia	NA	NA%
New Zealand	NA	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	48% (2005)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (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.)	24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau	NA	NA%
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	32% (2005 est.)
Peru	54% (2003 est.)	53.1% (2004)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA	-
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	17% (2003 est.)
Portugal	NA	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA	NA%
Qatar	NA	NA%
Reunion	NA	-
Romania	44.5% (2000)	25% (2005 est.)
Russia	25% (January 2003 est.)	17.8% (2004 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 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	54% NA (2004 est.)	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% (1999 est.)	-
Seychelles	NA	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	70.2% (2004)
Singapore	NA	NA%
Slovakia	NA	21% (2002)
Slovenia	NA	12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands	NA	NA%
Somalia	NA	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	NA	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (2002 est.)
Sudan	NA (2004 est.)	40% (2004 est.)
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	NA	-
Swaziland	40% (1995)	69% (2006)
Sweden	NA	NA%
Switzerland	NA	NA%
Syria	20% (2003 est.)	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	0.9% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2003 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	10.4% (2002 est.)	10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	42% (2003 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA	NA%
Tonga	NA	24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.6% (2001 est.)	7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey	18% (2001)	20% (2002)
Turkmenistan	34.4% (2001 est.)	27% (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA	NA%
Tuvalu	NA	NA%
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates	NA	19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17% (2002 est.)
United States	12% (2003 est.)	12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay	23.7% (2002)	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	NA (2004 est.)	33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA	NA%
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	37% (1998 est.)	19.5% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA	NA% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna	NA	NA%
West Bank	60% (2003 est.)	45.7% (2005)
Western Sahara	NA	NA%
Yemen	15.7% (2001)	45.2% (2003)
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	68% (2004)