Compare Population below poverty line (2005) - Population below poverty line (2006)

Compare Population below poverty line (2005) with Population below poverty line (2006)

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	Population below poverty line (2005)	Population below poverty line (2006)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa	NA	NA%
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA%
Argentina	44.3% (June 2004)	38.5% (June 2005)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)	43% (2003 est.)
Aruba	NA	NA%
Australia	NA	NA%
Austria	3.9% (1999)	5.9% (2004)
Bahamas, The	NA	9.3% (2004)
Bahrain	NA	NA%
Barbados	NA	NA%
Bhutan	NA	NA%
Botswana	47% (2002 est.)	30.3% (2003)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA%
Brunei	NA	NA%
Bulgaria	13.4% (2002 est.)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)
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)
Cayman Islands	NA (2002 est.)	NA%
Central African Republic	NA (1993)	NA%
Chile	20.6% (2000)	18.2% (2005)
Colombia	55% (2001)	49.2% (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA	NA%
Congo, Republic of the	NA	NA%
Cook Islands	NA	NA%
Cuba	NA	NA%
Czech Republic	NA	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%
Denmark	NA	NA%
Ecuador	45% (2001 est.)	41% (2003)
Egypt	16.7% (2000 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA%
Estonia	NA (2000)	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)
European Union	See individual country listings	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA%
Finland	NA	NA%
Gabon	NA	NA%
Gambia, The	NA	NA%
Germany	NA	NA%
Greece	NA	NA%
Guinea-Bissau	NA	NA%
Guyana	NA	NA%
Hong Kong	NA	NA%
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)
Indonesia	27% (1999)	16.7% (2004)
Iraq	NA	NA%
Isle of Man	NA	NA%
Israel	18% (2001 est.)	21% (2005)
Italy	NA	NA%
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)	19.1% (2003 est.)
Japan	NA	NA%
Kiribati	NA	NA%
Korea, North	NA	NA%
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	15% (2003 est.)
Kuwait	NA	NA%
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	34% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%
Libya	NA	NA%
Lithuania	NA	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%
Macau	NA	NA%
Macedonia	30.2% (2003 est.)	29.6% (2004 est.)
Maldives	NA	21% 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% (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands	NA	NA%
Montenegro	-	12.2% (2003)
Montserrat	NA	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)	19% (2005 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)	31% (2003-2004)
Netherlands	NA	10.5% NA%
Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA%
New Zealand	NA	NA%
Niue	NA	NA%
Norfolk Island	NA	-
Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA%
Norway	NA	NA%
Oman	NA	NA%
Palau	NA	NA%
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)	32% (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA	-
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)	17% (2003 est.)
Portugal	NA	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA	NA%
Qatar	NA	NA%
Romania	28.9% (2002)	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)
Russia	25% (January 2003 est.)	17.8% (2004 est.)
Saint Helena	NA	NA%
Saint Lucia	NA	NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA	NA%
Samoa	NA	NA%
Saudi Arabia	NA	NA%
Serbia	-	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30% (1999 est.)	-
Seychelles	NA	NA%
Singapore	NA	NA%
Slovakia	NA	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%
Slovenia	NA	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)
Solomon Islands	NA	NA%
Somalia	NA	NA%
Spain	NA	NA%
Swaziland	40% (1995)	69% (2005)
Sweden	NA	NA%
Switzerland	NA	NA%
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	0.9% (2005)
Tajikistan	60% (2004 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Tokelau	NA	NA%
Tonga	NA	24% NA%
Tunisia	7.6% (2001 est.)	7.4% (2005 est.)
Tuvalu	NA	NA%
United Arab Emirates	NA	NA%
Uruguay	21% of households (2003)	22% of households (2004)
Vanuatu	NA	NA%
Vietnam	28.9% (2002 est.)	19.5% (2004 est.)
West Bank	59% (2004 est.)	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)
Western Sahara	NA	NA%
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	80% (2004 est.)