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Country | Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan | 53% (2003)
Albania | 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria | 25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa | NA%
Andorra | NA%
Angola | 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla | 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | NA%
Argentina | 23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia | 26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba | NA%
Australia | NA%
Austria | 5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan | 24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 9.3% (2004)
Bahrain | NA%
Bangladesh | 45% (2004 est.)
Barbados | NA%
Belarus | 27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium | 15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize | 33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin | 37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda | 19% (2000)
Bhutan | 31.7% (2003)
Bolivia | 60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25% (2004 est.)
Botswana | 30.3% (2003)
Brazil | 31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands | NA%
Brunei | NA%
Bulgaria | 14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso | 46.4% (2004)
Burma | 32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi | 68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia | 35% (2004)
Cameroon | 48% (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)
Cape Verde | 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands | NA%
Central African Republic | NA%
Chad | 80% (2001 est.)
Chile | 18.2% (2005)
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.)
Colombia | 49.2% (2005)
Comoros | 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | NA%
Congo, Republic of the | NA%
Cook Islands | NA%
Costa Rica | 16% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 42% (2006 est.)
Croatia | 11% (2003)
Cuba | NA%
Cyprus | NA%
Czech Republic | NA%
Denmark | NA%
Djibouti | 42% (2007 est.)
Dominica | 30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic | 42.2% (2004)
Ecuador | 38.3% (2006)
Egypt | 20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador | 30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | NA%
Eritrea | 50% (2004 est.)
Estonia | 5% (2003)
Ethiopia | 38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union | note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA%
Faroe Islands | NA%
Fiji | 25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland | NA%
France | 6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia | NA%
Gabon | NA%
Gambia, The | NA%
Gaza Strip | 80% (2007 est.)
Georgia | 31% (2006)
Germany | 11% (2001 est.)
Ghana | 28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar | NA%
Greece | NA%
Greenland | NA%
Grenada | 32% (2000)
Guam | 23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala | 56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey | NA%
Guinea | 47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | NA%
Guyana | NA%
Haiti | 80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA%
Honduras | 50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong | NA%
Hungary | 8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland | NA%
India | 25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia | 17.8% (2006)
Iran | 18% (2007 est.)
Iraq | NA%
Ireland | 7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man | NA%
Israel | 21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy | NA%
Jamaica | 14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan | NA%
Jersey | NA%
Jordan | 14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan | 13.8% (2007)
Kenya | 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati | NA%
Korea, North | NA%
Korea, South | 15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo | 37% (2007 est.)
Kuwait | NA%
Kyrgyzstan | 40% (2004 est.)
Laos | 30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia | NA%
Lebanon | 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho | 49% (1999)
Liberia | 80% (2000 est.)
Libya | 7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | NA%
Lithuania | 4% (2003)
Luxembourg | NA%
Macau | NA%
Macedonia | 29.8% (2006)
Madagascar | 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi | 53% (2004)
Malaysia | 5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives | 21% (2004)
Mali | 36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta | NA%
Marshall Islands | NA%
Mauritania | 40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius | 8% (2006 est.)
Mayotte | NA%
Mexico | 13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% (2000)
Moldova | 29.5% (2005)
Monaco | NA%
Mongolia | 36.1% (2004)
Montenegro | 7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat | NA%
Morocco | 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique | 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
Nauru | NA%
Nepal | 30.9% (2004)
Netherlands | 10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles | NA%
New Caledonia | NA%
New Zealand | NA%
Nicaragua | 48% (2005)
Niger | 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria | 70% (2007 est.)
Niue | NA%
Northern Mariana Islands | NA%
Norway | NA%
Oman | NA%
Pakistan | 24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau | NA%
Panama | 37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay | 32% (2005 est.)
Peru | 44.5% (2006)
Philippines | 30% (2003 est.)
Poland | 17% (2003 est.)
Portugal | 18% (2006)
Puerto Rico | NA%
Qatar | NA%
Romania | 25% (2005 est.)
Russia | 15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda | 60% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena | NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA%
Saint Lucia | NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA%
Samoa | NA%
San Marino | NA%
Sao Tome and Principe | 54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia | NA%
Senegal | 54% (2001 est.)
Serbia | 6.5% (2007 est.)
Seychelles | NA%
Sierra Leone | 70.2% (2004)
Singapore | NA%
Slovakia | 21% (2002)
Slovenia | 12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands | NA%
Somalia | NA%
South Africa | 50% (2000 est.)
Spain | 19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka | 22% (2002 est.)
Sudan | 40% (2004 est.)
Suriname | 70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland | 69% (2006)
Sweden | NA%
Switzerland | NA%
Syria | 11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan | 0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan | 60% (2007 est.)
Tanzania | 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand | 10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste | 42% (2003 est.)
Togo | 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago | 17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia | 7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey | 20% (2002)
Turkmenistan | 30% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | NA%
Tuvalu | NA%
Uganda | 35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine | 37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates | 19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom | 14% (2006 est.)
United States | 12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay | 27.4% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan | 33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | NA%
Venezuela | 37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam | 14.8% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands | 28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara | NA%
Yemen | 45.2% (2003)
Zambia | 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe | 68% (2004)
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