Compare Population below poverty line (2007) - Population below poverty line (2001)

Compare Population below poverty line (2007) with Population below poverty line (2001)

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	Population below poverty line (2007)	Population below poverty line (2001)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)	NA%
Albania	25% (2004 est.)	19.6% (1996 est.)
Algeria	25% (2005 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	NA%
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA%
Argentina	26.9% (July-December 2006)	37% (1999 est.)
Armenia	34.6% (2004 est.)	45% (1999 est.)
Austria	5.9% (2004)	NA%
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The	9.3% (2004)	NA%
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)	35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)	22% (1995 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4%
Belize	33.5% (2002 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37.2% (1999 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	NA%
Bhutan	31.7% (2003)	NA%
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA%
Botswana	30.3% (2003)	47% (2000 est.)
Brazil	31% (2005)	17.4% (1990 est.)
Bulgaria	14.1% (2003 est.)	35% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso	46.4% (2003)	NA%
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	23% (1997 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	36.2% (1990 est.)
Cambodia	35% (2004)	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%
Cape Verde	30% (2000)	NA%
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	64% (1995 est.)
Chile	18.2% (2005)	22% (1998 est.)
China	10% (2004 est.)	10% (1999 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA%
Colombia	49.2% (2005)	55% (1999)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)	NA%
Costa Rica	18% (2004 est.)	20.6% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	NA%
Croatia	11% (2003)	4% (1999 est.)
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	NA%
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)	NA%
Dominican Republic	42.2% (2004)	25% (1999 est.)
Ecuador	38.5% (2005-06)	50% (1999 est.)
Egypt	20% (2005 est.)	22.9% (FY95/96 est.)
El Salvador	35.2% (2005 est.)	48% (1999 est.)
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)	NA%
Estonia	5% (2003)	8.9% (1995 est.)
Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)	NA%
European Union	see individual country listings	-
Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)	NA%
France	6.2% (2004)	NA%
French Guiana	-	NA%
Gaza Strip	63.1% (2005 est.)	NA%
Georgia	54.5% (2003)	60% (1999 est.)
Germany	11% (2001 est.)	NA%
Grenada	32% (2000)	NA%
Guadeloupe	-	NA%
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	NA%
Guatemala	56.2% (2004 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Guinea	47% (2006 est.)	40% (1994 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	50% (1991 est.)
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)	80% (1998 est.)
Honduras	50.7% (2004)	53% (1993 est.)
India	25% (2002 est.)	35% (1994 est.)
Indonesia	17.8% (2006)	20% (1998)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	53% (1996 est.)
Israel	21.6% (2005)	NA%
Jamaica	14.8% (2003 est.)	34.2% (1992 est.)
Jordan	14.2% (2002)	30% (1998 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	35% (1999 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)	42% (1992 est.)
Korea, South	15% (2003 est.)	NA%
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)	51% (1997 est.)
Laos	30.7% (2005 est.)	46.1% (1993 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49.2% (1999 est.)
Liberia	80% (2000 est.)	80%
Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)	NA%
Lithuania	4% (2003)	NA%
Macedonia	30% (2005)	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	25% (2000 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	70% (1994 est.)
Malawi	53% (2004)	54% (FY90/91 est.)
Malaysia	5.1% (2002 est.)	6.8% (1997 est.)
Maldives	21% (2004)	NA%
Mali	64% (2001 est.)	NA%
Martinique	-	NA%
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)	50% (1996 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10.6% (1992 est.)
Mexico	17.6% (2004)	27% (1998 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)	NA%
Moldova	29.5% (2005)	75% (1999 est.)
Mongolia	36.1% (2004)	40% (2000 est.)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)	-
Morocco	19% (2005 est.)	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)	70% (2000 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	30.9% (2004)	42% (FY95/96 est.)
Netherlands	10.5% (1999)	NA%
Nicaragua	48% (2005)	50% (2000 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)	45% (2000 est.)
Norfolk Island	-	NA%
Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 est.)	40% (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37%
Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)	36% (2000 est.)
Peru	53.1% (2004)	49% (1994 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	41% (1997 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	-	NA%
Poland	17% (2003 est.)	18.4% (2000 est.)
Reunion	-	NA%
Romania	25% (2005 est.)	44.5% (2000)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	40% (1999 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 est.)	70% (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe	54% (2004 est.)	NA%
Senegal	54% (2001 est.)	NA%
Serbia	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)	-
Sierra Leone	70.2% (2004)	68% (1989 est.)
Slovakia	21% (2002)	NA%
Slovenia	12.9% (2004)	NA%
Spain	19.8% (2005)	NA%
Sri Lanka	22% (2002 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)	NA%
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	NA%
Svalbard	-	NA%
Swaziland	69% (2006)	NA%
Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)	15%-25%
Taiwan	0.9% (2006 est.)	1% (1999 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)	80% (2000 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	51.1% (1991 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	12.5% (1998 est.)
Timor-Leste	42% (2003 est.)	-
Tonga	24% (FY03/04)	NA%
Tunisia	7.4% (2005 est.)	6% (2000 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)	NA%
Turkmenistan	27% (2002)	58% (1999 est.)
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	55% (1993 est.)
Ukraine	37.7% (2003)	50% (1999 est.)
United Arab Emirates	19.5% (2003)	NA%
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17%
United States	12% (2004 est.)	12.7% (1999 est.)
Uruguay	27.37% of households (2006)	NA%
Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)	NA%
Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)	67% (1997 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA% (2002)	NA%
West Bank	45.7% (2005)	NA%
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	19% (1992 est.)
Yugoslavia	-	NA%
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993 est.)
Zimbabwe	68% (2004)	60% (1999 est.)