Compare Population below poverty line (2005) - Population below poverty line (2004)

Compare Population below poverty line (2005) with Population below poverty line (2004)

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	Population below poverty line (2005)	Population below poverty line (2004)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)	23% (2002)
Albania	25% (2004 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	NA	NA
Andorra	NA%	NA
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA
Argentina	44.3% (June 2004)	51.7% (May 2003)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)	50% (2002 est.)
Aruba	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA
Austria	3.9% (1999)	3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA	NA
Bahrain	NA	NA
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)	35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Barbados	NA	NA
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	19% (2000)
Bhutan	NA	NA
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Botswana	47% (2002 est.)	47% (2002 est.)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA
Brunei	NA	NA (1992 est.)
Bulgaria	13.4% (2002 est.)	13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2003 est.)	45% (2003 est.)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	40% (2004 est.)	36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)	48% (2000 est.)
Canada	NA	NA
Cape Verde	30% (2000)	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA (2002 est.)	NA (2002 est.)
Central African Republic	NA (1993)	NA (1993)
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	20.6% (2000)	20.6% (2000 est.)
China	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA
Colombia	55% (2001)	55% (2001)
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	18% (2004 est.)	20.6% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	37% (1995)
Croatia	11% (2003)	NA
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%	25%
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	45% (2001 est.)	65% (2003 est.)
Egypt	16.7% (2000 est.)	16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador	36.1% (2003 est.)	48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)	53% (1993/94)
Estonia	NA (2000)	NA (2000)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)	50% (2003 est.)
European Union	See individual country listings	NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	25.5% (1990-91)
Finland	NA	NA
France	6.5% (2000)	6.5% (2000)
French Guiana	NA%	NA
French Polynesia	NA%	NA
Gabon	NA	NA
Gambia, The	NA	NA
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	NA	NA
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%	NA
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	75% (2002 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	40% (2003 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.)	53% (1993 est.)
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)	27% (1999)
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.)	18% (2001 est.)
Italy	NA	NA
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)	19.7% (2002 est.)
Japan	NA	NA
Jersey	NA%	NA
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	26% (2001 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA	NA
Korea, North	NA	NA
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait	NA	NA
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2003 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Latvia	NA	NA
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%	80%
Libya	NA	NA
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA
Lithuania	NA	NA
Luxembourg	NA%	NA
Macau	NA	NA
Macedonia	30.2% (2003 est.)	30.2% (2002 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	71% (1999 est.)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)	55% (2003 est.)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	NA	NA
Mali	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%	NA
Marshall Islands	NA	NA
Martinique	NA%	NA
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%	26.7%
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Monaco	NA%	NA
Mongolia	36.1% (2004 est.)	33% (2003 est.)
Montserrat	NA	NA
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Namibia	50% (2002 est.)	50% (2002 est.)
Nauru	NA	NA
Nepal	42% (1995-96)	42% (1995-96)
Netherlands	NA	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	60% (2000 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA	NA
Norfolk Island	NA	NA
Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA
Oman	NA	NA
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Palau	NA	NA
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	54% (2003 est.)	54% (2003 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA	NA
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal	NA	NA
Puerto Rico	NA	NA
Qatar	NA	NA
Reunion	NA%	NA
Romania	28.9% (2002)	44.5% (2000)
Russia	25% (January 2003 est.)	25% (January 2003 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% (2004 est.)	54% NA (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia	NA	NA
Senegal	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30% (1999 est.)	30% (1999 est.)
Seychelles	NA	NA
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA	NA
Slovakia	NA	NA
Slovenia	NA	NA
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	40% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	-	NA
Swaziland	40% (1995)	40% (1995)
Sweden	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	20% (2003 est.)
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	10.4% (2002 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA	NA
Tonga	NA	NA
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.6% (2001 est.)	7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)	18% (2001)
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)	34.4% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%	NA
Tuvalu	NA	NA
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	29% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates	NA	NA
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17% (2002 est.)
United States	12% (2004 est.)	12% (2003 est.)
Uruguay	21% of households (2003)	23.7% (2002)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA	NA
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	28.9% (2002 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	NA
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA
West Bank	59% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara	NA	NA
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	15.7% (2001)
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	70% (2002 est.)