Compare Population below poverty line (2006) - Population below poverty line (2008)

Compare Population below poverty line (2006) with Population below poverty line (2008)

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	Population below poverty line (2006)	Population below poverty line (2008)
Argentina	38.5% (June 2005)	23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia	43% (2003 est.)	26.5% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	24% (2005 est.)
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.)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)	31% (2005)
Bulgaria	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)	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	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)	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)
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.)
Czech Republic	At risk of poverty after social transfers: 8%	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	42% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%	42.2% (2004)
East Timor	42% (2003 est.)	-
Ecuador	41% (2003)	38.3% (2006)
El Salvador	36.1% (2003 est.)	30.7% (2006 est.)
Estonia	Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)	25.5% (FY90/91)
France	6.5% (2000)	6.2% (2004)
French Guiana	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.)
Guadeloupe	NA%	-
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)	47% (2006 est.)
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)	50.7% (2004)
Hungary	At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers: 12% (2003)	8.6% (1993 est.)
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia	16.7% (2004)	17.8% (2006)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	18% (2007 est.)
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	7% (2005 est.)
Israel	21% (2005)	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Jamaica	19.1% (2003 est.)	14.8% (2003 est.)
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)	14.2% (2002)
Kosovo	-	30% (2006 est.)
Laos	34% (2005 est.)	30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia	Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%	NA%
Liberia	80%	80% (2000 est.)
Libya	NA%	7.4% (2005 est.)
Lithuania	Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%	4% (2003)
Macedonia	29.6% (2004 est.)	30% (2005)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)	53% (2004)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)	5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives	21% NA%	21% (2004)
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	12.2% (2003)	7% (2007 est.)
Morocco	19% (2005 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Nepal	31% (2003-2004)	30.9% (2004)
Netherlands	10.5% NA%	10.5% (2005)
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)	48% (2005)
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)	24% (FY05/06 est.)
Peru	54% (2003 est.)	44.5% (2006)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	30% (2003 est.)
Reunion	NA%	-
Romania	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)	25% (2005 est.)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	15.8% (November 2007)
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)	70.2% (2004)
Slovakia	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 21%	21% (2002)
Slovenia	At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers: 10% (2003)	12.9% (2004)
Spain	NA%	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)	22% (2002 est.)
Swaziland	69% (2005)	69% (2006)
Syria	20% (2004 est.)	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2005)	0.95% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste	-	42% (2003 est.)
Tonga	24% NA%	24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	17% (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)	27% (2002)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)	37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates	NA%	19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	14% (2006 est.)
Uruguay	22% of households (2004)	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)	33% (2004 est.)
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	14.75% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%	28.9% (2002)
West Bank	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)	46% (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe	80% (2004 est.)	68% (2004)