Compare Population below poverty line (2007) - Population below poverty line (2005)

Compare Population below poverty line (2007) with Population below poverty line (2005)

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	Population below poverty line (2007)	Population below poverty line (2005)
Algeria	25% (2005 est.)	23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	NA%	NA
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%	NA
Argentina	26.9% (July-December 2006)	44.3% (June 2004)
Armenia	34.6% (2004 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
Barbados	NA%	NA
Belize	33.5% (2002 est.)	33% (1999 est.)
Bhutan	31.7% (2003)	NA
Botswana	30.3% (2003)	47% (2002 est.)
Brazil	31% (2005)	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA%	NA
Brunei	NA%	NA
Bulgaria	14.1% (2003 est.)	13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso	46.4% (2003)	45% (2003 est.)
Cambodia	35% (2004)	40% (2004 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)
China	10% (2004 est.)	10% (2001 est.)
Colombia	49.2% (2005)	55% (2001)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%	NA
Congo, Republic of the	NA%	NA
Cook Islands	NA%	NA
Cuba	NA%	NA
Czech Republic	NA%	NA
Denmark	NA%	NA
Dominican Republic	42.2% (2004)	25%
East Timor	-	42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador	38.5% (2005-06)	45% (2001 est.)
Egypt	20% (2005 est.)	16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador	35.2% (2005 est.)	36.1% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%	NA
Estonia	5% (2003)	NA (2000)
Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)	50% (2004 est.)
European Union	see individual country listings	See individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%	NA
Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)	25.5% (1990-91)
Finland	NA%	NA
France	6.2% (2004)	6.5% (2000)
French Guiana	-	NA%
Gabon	NA%	NA
Gambia, The	NA%	NA
Gaza Strip	63.1% (2005 est.)	81% (2004 est.)
Georgia	54.5% (2003)	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	11% (2001 est.)	NA
Greece	NA%	NA
Guadeloupe	-	NA%
Guatemala	56.2% (2004 est.)	75% (2004 est.)
Guinea	47% (2006 est.)	40% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%	NA
Guyana	NA%	NA
Honduras	50.7% (2004)	53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA%	NA
Indonesia	17.8% (2006)	27% (1999)
Iraq	NA%	NA
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
Jordan	14.2% (2002)	30% (2001 est.)
Kiribati	NA%	NA
Korea, North	NA%	NA
Korea, South	15% (2003 est.)	4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait	NA%	NA
Laos	30.7% (2005 est.)	40% (2002 est.)
Latvia	NA%	NA
Liberia	80% (2000 est.)	80%
Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)	NA
Lithuania	4% (2003)	NA
Macau	NA%	NA
Macedonia	30% (2005)	30.2% (2003 est.)
Malawi	53% (2004)	55% (2004 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.)
Marshall Islands	NA%	NA
Martinique	-	NA%
Mexico	17.6% (2004)	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)	26.7%
Moldova	29.5% (2005)	80% (2001 est.)
Mongolia	36.1% (2004)	36.1% (2004 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	30.9% (2004)	42% (1995-96)
Netherlands	10.5% (1999)	NA
Netherlands Antilles	NA%	NA
New Zealand	NA%	NA
Nicaragua	48% (2005)	50% (2001 est.)
Niue	NA%	NA
Norfolk Island	-	NA
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%	NA
Norway	NA%	NA
Oman	NA%	NA
Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 est.)	32% (FY00/01 est.)
Palau	NA%	NA
Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	53.1% (2004)	54% (2003 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.)	28.9% (2002)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	25% (January 2003 est.)
Saint Helena	NA%	NA
Saint Lucia	NA%	NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA%	NA
Samoa	NA%	NA
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
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
Spain	19.8% (2005)	NA
Sri Lanka	22% (2002 est.)	22% (1997 est.)
Swaziland	69% (2006)	40% (1995)
Sweden	NA%	NA
Switzerland	NA%	NA
Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)	20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2006 est.)	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)	60% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste	42% (2003 est.)	-
Tokelau	NA%	NA
Tonga	24% (FY03/04)	NA
Tunisia	7.4% (2005 est.)	7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan	27% (2002)	58% (2003 est.)
Tuvalu	NA%	NA
Ukraine	37.7% (2003)	29% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates	19.5% (2003)	NA
Uruguay	27.37% of households (2006)	21% of households (2003)
Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)	28% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA
Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	28.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA% (2002)	NA%
West Bank	45.7% (2005)	59% (2004 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%	NA
Zimbabwe	68% (2004)	70% (2002 est.)