Compare Population below poverty line (2007) - Population below poverty line (2004)

Compare Population below poverty line (2007) with Population below poverty line (2004)

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	Population below poverty line (2007)	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
Angola	70% (2003 est.)	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	23% (2002)	NA
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%	NA
Argentina	26.9% (July-December 2006)	51.7% (May 2003)
Armenia	34.6% (2004 est.)	50% (2002 est.)
Aruba	NA%	NA
Australia	NA%	NA
Austria	5.9% (2004)	3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	49% (2002 est.)
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.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33.5% (2002 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)	19% (2000)
Bhutan	31.7% (2003)	NA
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Botswana	30.3% (2003)	47% (2002 est.)
Brazil	31% (2005)	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA%	NA
Brunei	NA%	NA (1992 est.)
Bulgaria	14.1% (2003 est.)	13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso	46.4% (2003)	45% (2003 est.)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	68% (2002 est.)	68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	35% (2004)	36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)	48% (2000 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)	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA%	NA (2002 est.)
Central African Republic	NA%	NA (1993)
Chad	80% (2001 est.)	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	18.2% (2005)	20.6% (2000 est.)
China	10% (2004 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island	-	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-	NA
Colombia	49.2% (2005)	55% (2001)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)	60% (2002 est.)
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.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)	37% (1995)
Croatia	11% (2003)	NA
Cuba	NA%	NA
Cyprus	NA%	NA
Czech Republic	NA%	NA
Denmark	NA%	NA
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)	30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	42.2% (2004)	25%
East Timor	-	42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	38.5% (2005-06)	65% (2003 est.)
Egypt	20% (2005 est.)	16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador	35.2% (2005 est.)	48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%	NA
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)	53% (1993/94)
Estonia	5% (2003)	NA (2000)
Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)	50% (2003 est.)
European Union	see individual country listings	NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%	NA
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA
Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)	25.5% (1990-91)
Finland	NA%	NA
France	6.2% (2004)	6.5% (2000)
French Guiana	-	NA
French Polynesia	NA%	NA
Gabon	NA%	NA
Gambia, The	NA%	NA
Gaza Strip	63.1% (2005 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Georgia	54.5% (2003)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	11% (2001 est.)	NA
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%	NA
Greece	NA%	NA
Greenland	NA%	NA
Grenada	32% (2000)	32% (2000)
Guadeloupe	-	NA
Guam	23% (2001 est.)	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	56.2% (2004 est.)	75% (2002 est.)
Guernsey	NA%	NA
Guinea	47% (2006 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	NA
Guyana	NA%	NA
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)	80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%	NA
Honduras	50.7% (2004)	53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA%	NA
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)	8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA%	NA
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	17.8% (2006)	27% (1999)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Iraq	NA%	NA
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA%	NA
Israel	21.6% (2005)	18% (2001 est.)
Italy	NA%	NA
Jamaica	14.8% (2003 est.)	19.7% (2002 est.)
Japan	NA%	NA
Jersey	NA%	NA
Jordan	14.2% (2002)	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)	26% (2001 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 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	30.7% (2005 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Latvia	NA%	NA
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)	49% (1999)
Liberia	80% (2000 est.)	80%
Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)	NA
Liechtenstein	NA%	NA
Lithuania	4% (2003)	NA
Luxembourg	NA%	NA
Macau	NA%	NA
Macedonia	30% (2005)	30.2% (2002 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)	71% (1999 est.)
Malawi	53% (2004)	55% (2003 est.)
Malaysia	5.1% (2002 est.)	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	21% (2004)	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
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)	50% (2001 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%	NA
Mexico	17.6% (2004)	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)	26.7%
Moldova	29.5% (2005)	80% (2001 est.)
Monaco	NA%	NA
Mongolia	36.1% (2004)	33% (2003 est.)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)	-
Montserrat	NA%	NA
Morocco	19% (2005 est.)	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)	70% (2001 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	30.9% (2004)	42% (1995-96)
Netherlands	10.5% (1999)	NA
Netherlands Antilles	NA%	NA
New Caledonia	NA%	NA
New Zealand	NA%	NA
Nicaragua	48% (2005)	50% (2001 est.)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)	60% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA%	NA
Norfolk Island	-	NA
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%	NA
Norway	NA%	NA
Oman	NA%	NA
Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Palau	NA%	NA
Panama	37% (1999 est.)	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	53.1% (2004)	54% (2003 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	40% (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
Romania	25% (2005 est.)	44.5% (2000)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	25% (January 2003 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 est.)	60% (2001 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
Senegal	54% (2001 est.)	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	30% (1999 est.)
Seychelles	NA%	NA
Sierra Leone	70.2% (2004)	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA%	NA
Slovakia	21% (2002)	NA
Slovenia	12.9% (2004)	NA
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA
Somalia	NA%	NA
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	19.8% (2005)	NA
Sri Lanka	22% (2002 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	-	NA
Swaziland	69% (2006)	40% (1995)
Sweden	NA%	NA
Switzerland	NA%	NA
Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)	20% (2003 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2006 est.)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)	60% (2003 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)	10.4% (2002 est.)
Timor-Leste	42% (2003 est.)	-
Togo	32% (1989 est.)	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA%	NA
Tonga	24% (FY03/04)	NA
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.4% (2005 est.)	7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)	18% (2001)
Turkmenistan	27% (2002)	34.4% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%	NA
Tuvalu	NA%	NA
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	37.7% (2003)	29% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates	19.5% (2003)	NA
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	17% (2002 est.)
United States	12% (2004 est.)	12% (2003 est.)
Uruguay	27.37% of households (2006)	23.7% (2002)
Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)	NA (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA
Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA% (2002)	NA
Wallis and Futuna	NA%	NA
West Bank	45.7% (2005)	60% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA
Yemen	45.2% (2003)	15.7% (2001)
Zambia	86% (1993)	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	68% (2004)	70% (2002 est.)