Compare Population below poverty line (2005) - Population below poverty line (2008)

Compare Population below poverty line (2005) with Population below poverty line (2008)

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	Population below poverty line (2005)	Population below poverty line (2008)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa	NA	NA%
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	NA%
Argentina	44.3% (June 2004)	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%
Barbados	NA	NA%
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)	33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37.4% (2007 est.)
Bhutan	NA	31.7% (2003)
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	60% (2006 est.)
Botswana	47% (2002 est.)	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA%
Brunei	NA	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.)
Cambodia	40% (2004 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)
Cayman Islands	NA (2002 est.)	NA%
Central African Republic	NA (1993)	NA%
Chile	20.6% (2000)	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.)
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	NA%
Denmark	NA	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	42% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%	42.2% (2004)
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	-
Ecuador	45% (2001 est.)	38.3% (2006)
Egypt	16.7% (2000 est.)	20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador	36.1% (2003 est.)	30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	NA%
Estonia	NA (2000)	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union	See individual country listings	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA%
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland	NA	NA%
France	6.5% (2000)	6.2% (2004)
French Guiana	NA%	-
Gabon	NA	NA%
Gambia, The	NA	NA%
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)	80% (2007 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)	31% (2006)
Germany	NA	11% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	28.5% (2007 est.)
Greece	NA	NA%
Guadeloupe	NA%	-
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA	NA%
Guyana	NA	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong	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)
Italy	NA	NA%
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)	14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan	NA	NA%
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	14.2% (2002)
Kiribati	NA	NA%
Korea, North	NA	NA%
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)	15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo	-	30% (2006 est.)
Kuwait	NA	NA%
Laos	40% (2002 est.)	30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA	NA%
Liberia	80%	80% (2000 est.)
Libya	NA	7.4% (2005 est.)
Lithuania	NA	4% (2003)
Macau	NA	NA%
Macedonia	30.2% (2003 est.)	30% (2005)
Malawi	55% (2004 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.)
Marshall Islands	NA	NA%
Martinique	NA%	-
Mexico	40% (2003 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	36.1% (2004 est.)	36.1% (2004)
Montenegro	-	7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat	NA	NA%
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
Nauru	NA	NA%
Nepal	42% (1995-96)	30.9% (2004)
Netherlands	NA	10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles	NA	NA%
New Zealand	NA	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	48% (2005)
Niue	NA	NA%
Norfolk Island	NA	-
Northern Mariana Islands	NA	NA%
Norway	NA	NA%
Oman	NA	NA%
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau	NA	NA%
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	28.9% (2002)	25% (2005 est.)
Russia	25% (January 2003 est.)	15.8% (November 2007)
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%
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%
Spain	NA	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (2002 est.)
Swaziland	40% (1995)	69% (2006)
Sweden	NA	NA%
Switzerland	NA	NA%
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)	0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2004 est.)	64% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	42% (2003 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.)
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)	27% (2002)
Tuvalu	NA	NA%
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates	NA	19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	14% (2006 est.)
Uruguay	21% of households (2003)	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA	NA%
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	28.9% (2002 est.)	14.75% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	28.9% (2002)
West Bank	59% (2004 est.)	46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara	NA	NA%
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)	68% (2004)