Population below poverty line (2004) | Population below poverty line (2008) | ||
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) | 23.4% (January-June 2007) | |
Armenia | 50% (2002 est.) | 26.5% (2006 est.) | |
Aruba | NA | NA% | |
Australia | NA | NA% | |
Austria | 3.9% (1999) | 5.9% (2004) | |
Azerbaijan | 49% (2002 est.) | 24% (2005 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.) | 15% (2007 est.) | |
Belize | 33% (1999 est.) | 33.5% (2002 est.) | |
Benin | 37% (2001 est.) | 37.4% (2007 est.) | |
Bermuda | 19% (2000) | 19% (2000) | |
Bhutan | NA | 31.7% (2003) | |
Bolivia | 70% (1999 est.) | 60% (2006 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% (2004) | |
Burma | 25% (2000 est.) | 32.7% (2007 est.) | |
Burundi | 68% (2002 est.) | 68% (2002 est.) | |
Cambodia | 36% (1997 est.) | 35% (2004) | |
Cameroon | 48% (2000 est.) | 48% (2000 est.) | |
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) | |
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.) | 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.) |
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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.) | 42% (2007 est.) | |
Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) | 30% (2002 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 25% | 42.2% (2004) | |
East Timor | 42% (2003 est.) | - | |
Ecuador | 65% (2003 est.) | 38.3% (2006) | |
Egypt | 16.7% (2000 est.) | 20% (2005 est.) | |
El Salvador | 48% (1999 est.) | 30.7% (2006 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.) | 80% (2007 est.) | |
Georgia | 54% (2001 est.) | 31% (2006) | |
Germany | NA | 11% (2001 est.) | |
Ghana | 31.4% (1992 est.) | 28.5% (2007 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% (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.) | |
Isle of Man | NA | NA% | |
Israel | 18% (2001 est.) | 21.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005) |
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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.) | |
Kosovo | - | 30% (2006 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.) | 13.8%
note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006) |
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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 | - | 7% (2007 est.) | |
Montserrat | NA | NA% | |
Morocco | 19% (1999 est.) | 15% (2007 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% (2005) | |
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.) | 44.5% (2006) | |
Philippines | 40% (2001 est.) | 30% (2003 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.) | 15.8% (November 2007) | |
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.) |
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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.) | 0.95% (2007 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.) | 17% (2007 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.) | 14% (2006 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.) | 14.75% (2007 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | NA | 28.9% (2002) | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA | NA% | |
West Bank | 60% (2003 est.) | 46% (2007 est.) | |
Western Sahara | NA | NA% | |
Yemen | 15.7% (2001) | 45.2% (2003) | |
Zambia | 86% (1993) | 86% (1993) | |
Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.) | 68% (2004) |