Compare Population below poverty line (2006) - Population below poverty line (2004)

Compare Population below poverty line (2006) with Population below poverty line (2004)

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	Population below poverty line (2006)	Population below poverty line (2004)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)	23% (2002)
Albania	25% (2004 est.)	30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	25% (2005 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	NA%	NA
Andorra	NA%	NA
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%	NA
Argentina	38.5% (June 2005)	51.7% (May 2003)
Armenia	43% (2003 est.)	50% (2002 est.)
Aruba	NA%	NA
Australia	NA%	NA
Austria	5.9% (2004)	3.9% (1999)
Bahamas, The	9.3% (2004)	NA
Bahrain	NA%	NA
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)	35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Barbados	NA%	NA
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Bhutan	NA%	NA
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Botswana	30.3% (2003)	47% (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA%	NA
Brunei	NA%	NA (1992 est.)
Bulgaria	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)	13.4% (2002 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
Cayman Islands	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Central African Republic	NA%	NA (1993)
Chile	18.2% (2005)	20.6% (2000 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA
Colombia	49.2% (2005)	55% (2001)
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.)
Croatia	11% (2003)	NA
Cuba	NA%	NA
Cyprus	NA%	NA
Czech Republic	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%	NA
Denmark	NA%	NA
Ecuador	41% (2003)	65% (2003 est.)
Egypt	20% (2005 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	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)	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
Finland	NA%	NA
French Guiana	NA%	NA
French Polynesia	NA%	NA
Gabon	NA%	NA
Gambia, The	NA%	NA
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Germany	NA%	NA
Gibraltar	NA%	NA
Greece	NA%	NA
Greenland	NA%	NA
Guadeloupe	NA%	NA
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	75% (2002 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	NA
Guyana	NA%	NA
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%	NA
Hong Kong	NA%	NA
Hungary	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)	8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA%	NA
Indonesia	16.7% (2004)	27% (1999)
Iraq	NA%	NA
Isle of Man	NA%	NA
Israel	21% (2005)	18% (2001 est.)
Italy	NA%	NA
Jamaica	19.1% (2003 est.)	19.7% (2002 est.)
Japan	NA%	NA
Jersey	NA%	NA
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	26% (2001 est.)
Kiribati	NA%	NA
Korea, North	NA%	NA
Korea, South	15% (2003 est.)	4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait	NA%	NA
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2003 est.)
Laos	34% (2005 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Latvia	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%	NA
Libya	NA%	NA
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA
Lithuania	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%	NA
Luxembourg	NA%	NA
Macau	NA%	NA
Macedonia	29.6% (2004 est.)	30.2% (2002 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	71% (1999 est.)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)	55% (2003 est.)
Maldives	21% NA%	NA
Mali	64% (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.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA
Monaco	NA%	NA
Mongolia	36.1% (2004 est.)	33% (2003 est.)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)	-
Montserrat	NA%	NA
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	50% (2002 est.)
Nauru	NA%	NA
Nepal	31% (2003-2004)	42% (1995-96)
Netherlands	10.5% NA%	NA
Netherlands Antilles	NA%	NA
New Caledonia	NA%	NA
New Zealand	NA%	NA
Niue	NA%	NA
Norfolk Island	-	NA
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%	NA
Norway	NA%	NA
Oman	NA%	NA
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Palau	NA%	NA
Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	-	NA
Poland	17% (2003 est.)	18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal	NA%	NA
Puerto Rico	NA%	NA
Qatar	NA%	NA
Reunion	NA%	NA
Romania	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)	44.5% (2000)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	25% (January 2003 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
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	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%	NA
Slovenia	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)	NA
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA
Somalia	NA%	NA
Spain	NA%	NA
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Svalbard	-	NA
Swaziland	69% (2005)	40% (1995)
Sweden	NA%	NA
Switzerland	NA%	NA
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	20% (2003 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2005)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	10.4% (2002 est.)
Tokelau	NA%	NA
Tonga	24% NA%	NA
Tunisia	7.4% (2005 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
United Arab Emirates	NA%	NA
United States	12% (2004 est.)	12% (2003 est.)
Uruguay	22% of households (2004)	23.7% (2002)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	NA
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA
West Bank	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	15.7% (2001)
Zimbabwe	80% (2004 est.)	70% (2002 est.)