Population below poverty line (2008) | 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 | 23.4% (January-June 2007) | 37% (1999 est.) | |
Armenia | 26.5% (2006 est.) | 45% (1999 est.) | |
Austria | 5.9% (2004) | NA% | |
Azerbaijan | 24% (2005 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 | 15% (2007 est.) | 4% | |
Belize | 33.5% (2002 est.) | 33% (1999 est.) | |
Benin | 37.4% (2007 est.) | 37.2% (1999 est.) | |
Bermuda | 19% (2000) | NA% | |
Bhutan | 31.7% (2003) | NA% | |
Bolivia | 60% (2006 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% (2004) | NA% | |
Burma | 32.7% (2007 est.) | 23% (1997 est.) | |
Burundi | 68% (2002 est.) | 36.2% (1990 est.) | |
Cambodia | 35% (2004) | 36% (1997 est.) | |
Canada | 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) | NA% | |
Cape Verde | 30% (2000) | NA% | |
Chad | 80% (2001 est.) | 64% (1995 est.) | |
Chile | 18.2% (2005) | 22% (1998 est.) | |
China | 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.) |
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 | 42% (2007 est.) | NA% | |
Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) | NA% | |
Dominican Republic | 42.2% (2004) | 25% (1999 est.) | |
Ecuador | 38.3% (2006) | 50% (1999 est.) | |
Egypt | 20% (2005 est.) | 22.9% (FY95/96 est.) | |
El Salvador | 30.7% (2006 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 | 80% (2007 est.) | NA% | |
Georgia | 31% (2006) | 60% (1999 est.) | |
Germany | 11% (2001 est.) | NA% | |
Ghana | 28.5% (2007 est.) | 31.4% (1992 est.) | |
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% (2007 est.) | 35% (1994 est.) | |
Indonesia | 17.8% (2006) | 20% (1998) | |
Iran | 18% (2007 est.) | 53% (1996 est.) | |
Ireland | 7% (2005 est.) | 10% (1997 est.) | |
Israel | 21.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (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% | |
Kosovo | 30% (2006 est.) | - | |
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 | 13.8%
note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006) |
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 | 7% (2007 est.) | - | |
Morocco | 15% (2007 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% (2005) | 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 | 44.5% (2006) | 49% (1994 est.) | |
Philippines | 30% (2003 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 | 15.8% (November 2007) | 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 | 0.95% (2007 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% | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 17% (2007 est.) | 21% (1992 est.) | |
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 | 14% (2006 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 | 14.75% (2007 est.) | 37% (1998 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | 28.9% (2002) | NA% | |
West Bank | 46% (2007 est.) | NA% | |
Yemen | 45.2% (2003) | 19% (1992 est.) | |
Yugoslavia | - | NA% | |
Zambia | 86% (1993) | 86% (1993 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 68% (2004) | 60% (1999 est.) |