Compare Population below poverty line (2006) - Population below poverty line (2002)

Compare Population below poverty line (2006) with Population below poverty line (2002)

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	Population below poverty line (2006)	Population below poverty line (2002)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)	NA%
Albania	25% (2004 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	25% (2005 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	NA%
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA%
Argentina	38.5% (June 2005)	37% (2001 est.)
Armenia	43% (2003 est.)	55% (2001 est.)
Austria	5.9% (2004)	NA%
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	49% (2002)
Bahamas, The	9.3% (2004)	NA%
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)	36%
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4%
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	NA%
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA%
Botswana	30.3% (2003)	47% (2000 est.)
Bulgaria	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)	35% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2003 est.)	45% (2001 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	70% (2001 est.)
Cambodia	40% (2004 est.)	36% (1997 est.)
Canada	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)	NA%
Chile	18.2% (2005)	22% (1998 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA%
Colombia	49.2% (2005)	55% (2001) (2001)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)	60% (2001 est.)
Costa Rica	18% (2004 est.)	21% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	NA%
Croatia	11% (2003)	NA%
Czech Republic	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%	NA%
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)	NA%
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	42% (2002 est.)
Ecuador	41% (2003)	70% (2001 est.)
Egypt	20% (2005 est.)	23% (FY95/96 est.)
El Salvador	36.1% (2003 est.)	48% (1999 est.)
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)	NA%
Estonia	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)	NA% (2000)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)	64% (1996)
European Union	see individual country listings	-
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	26% (1990-91 )
France	6.5% (2000)	NA%
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)	1% 60% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	31% (1992 est.)
Grenada	32% (2000)	NA%
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	40% (1994 est.)
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)	80% (1998 est.)
Hungary	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)	9% (1993 est.)
Indonesia	16.7% (2004)	27% (1999)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	53% (1996 est.)
Israel	21% (2005)	NA%
Jamaica	19.1% (2003 est.)	34% (1992 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	26% (2001 est.)
Korea, South	15% (2003 est.)	4% (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)	55% (2001 est.)
Laos	34% (2005 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Latvia	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%	NA%
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49% (1999 est.)
Lithuania	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%	NA%
Macedonia	29.6% (2004 est.)	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	24% (2001 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	70% (1994 est.)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)	54% (FY90/91 est. )
Maldives	21% NA%	NA%
Mali	64% (2001 est.)	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 76% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)	40% (2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%	NA%
Mongolia	36.1% (2004 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)	-
Morocco	19% (2005 est.)	19% (1999 est.)
Namibia	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	NA%
Nepal	31% (2003-2004)	42% (FY95/96 est. )
Netherlands	10.5% NA%	NA%
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)	45% (2000 est.)
Norfolk Island	-	NA%
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37%
Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	54% (2003 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	-	NA%
Poland	17% (2003 est.)	18% (2000 est.)
Romania	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)	45% (2000)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	40% (1999 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 est.)	70% (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe	54% (2004 est.)	NA%
Serbia	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	30%
Slovakia	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%	NA%
Slovenia	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)	NA%
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)	NA%
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	NA%
Svalbard	-	NA%
Swaziland	69% (2005)	NA%
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	15%-25%
Taiwan	0.9% (2005)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	51% (1991 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	13% (1998 est.)
Tonga	24% NA%	NA%
Tunisia	7.4% (2005 est.)	6% (2000 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)	NA%
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)	34% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	29% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17%
United States	12% (2004 est.)	13% (2001 est.)
Uruguay	22% of households (2004)	6% (1997)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	NA%
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	67% (1997 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
West Bank	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	NA
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993 est.)
Zimbabwe	80% (2004 est.)	60% (1999 est.)