Compare Population below poverty line (2007) - Population below poverty line (2008)

Compare Population below poverty line (2007) with Population below poverty line (2008)

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	Population below poverty line (2007)	Population below poverty line (2008)
Argentina	26.9% (July-December 2006)	23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia	34.6% (2004 est.)	26.5% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)	24% (2005 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)	37.4% (2007 est.)
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)	60% (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso	46.4% (2003)	46.4% (2004)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)	32.7% (2007 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)	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% (2004 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.)
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)	42% (2007 est.)
Ecuador	38.5% (2005-06)	38.3% (2006)
El Salvador	35.2% (2005 est.)	30.7% (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip	63.1% (2005 est.)	80% (2007 est.)
Georgia	54.5% (2003)	31% (2006)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)	28.5% (2007 est.)
India	25% (2002 est.)	25% (2007 est.)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)	18% (2007 est.)
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)	7% (2005 est.)
Israel	21.6% (2005)	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Kosovo	-	30% (2006 est.)
Mexico	17.6% (2004)	13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)	7% (2007 est.)
Morocco	19% (2005 est.)	15% (2007 est.)
Netherlands	10.5% (1999)	10.5% (2005)
Peru	53.1% (2004)	44.5% (2006)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)	30% (2003 est.)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)	15.8% (November 2007)
Taiwan	0.9% (2006 est.)	0.95% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)	17% (2007 est.)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)	14% (2006 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)	14.75% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA% (2002)	28.9% (2002)
West Bank	45.7% (2005)	46% (2007 est.)