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

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

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