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This page was last updated on 19 June 2008
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Country
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Population below poverty line (%)
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| Afghanistan |
23% (2006) |
| Albania |
30% (2006 est.) |
| Algeria |
23% (2006 est.) |
| American Samoa |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Andorra |
NA% (2005-96) |
| Angola |
70% (2003 est.) |
| Anguilla |
NA% |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
NA% (2000 est.) |
| Argentina |
51.7% (May 2003) |
| Armenia |
50% (2006 est.) |
| Aruba |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Australia |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Austria |
3.9% (2006) |
| Azerbaijan |
49% (2006 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
NA% (2000 est.) |
| Bahrain |
NA% (2000) |
| Bangladesh |
35.6% (FY95/96
est.) |
| Barbados |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Belarus |
22% (2005 est.) |
| Belgium |
4% (2005 est.) |
| Belize |
33% (2006 est.) |
| Benin |
37% (2006 est.) |
| Bermuda |
19% NA% (2000) |
| Bhutan |
NA% (2005) |
| Bolivia |
70% (2006 est.) |
| Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
NA% (2003 est.) |
| Botswana |
47% (2006 est.) |
| Brazil |
22% (2005 est.) |
| British Virgin
Islands |
NA% (2005 est.) |
| Brunei |
NA% (1992 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
13.4% (2006 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
45% (2003 est.) |
| Burma |
25% (2000 est.) |
| Burundi |
68% (2006 est.) |
| Cambodia |
36% (1997 est.) |
| Cameroon |
48% (2000 est.) |
| Canada |
NA% (2005 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
30% (2000) |
| Cayman Islands |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Central African
Republic |
NA% (2005) |
| Chad |
80% (2006 est.) |
| Chile |
20.6% (2000 est.) |
| China |
10% (2006 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
NA% |
| Cocos (Keeling)
Islands |
NA% |
| Colombia |
55% (2006) |
| Comoros |
60% (2006 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic
Republic of the |
NA% |
| Congo, Republic of
the |
NA% |
| Cook Islands |
NA% |
| Costa Rica |
20.6% (2006 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
37% (2005) |
| Croatia |
NA% |
| Cuba |
NA% |
| Cyprus |
NA% |
| Czech Republic |
NA% |
| Denmark |
NA% |
| Djibouti |
50% (2006 est.) |
| Dominica |
30% (2006 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
25% |
| East Timor |
42% (2003 est.) |
| Ecuador |
65% (2003 est.) |
| Egypt |
16.7% (2000 est.) |
| El Salvador |
48% (2006 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
NA% |
| Eritrea |
53% (2005-94) |
| Estonia |
NA% (2000) |
| Ethiopia |
50% (2003 est.) |
| Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas) |
NA% |
| Faroe Islands |
NA% |
| Fiji |
25.5% (2004-91) |
| Finland |
NA% |
| France |
6.5% (2000) |
| French Guiana |
NA% |
| French Polynesia |
NA% |
| Gabon |
NA% |
| Gambia, The |
NA% |
| Gaza Strip |
60% (2003 est.) |
| Georgia |
54% (2006 est.) |
| Germany |
NA% |
| Ghana |
31.4% (1992 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
NA% |
| Greece |
NA% |
| Greenland |
NA% |
| Grenada |
32% (2000) |
| Guadeloupe |
NA% |
| Guam |
23% (2006 est.) |
| Guatemala |
75% (2006 est.) |
| Guernsey |
NA% |
| Guinea |
40% (2003 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
NA% |
| Guyana |
NA% |
| Haiti |
80% (2003 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican
City) |
NA% |
| Honduras |
53% (2005 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
NA% |
| Hungary |
8.6% (2005 est.) |
| Iceland |
NA% |
| India |
25% (2006 est.) |
| Indonesia |
27% (2006) |
| Iran |
40% (2006 est.) |
| Iraq |
NA |
| Ireland |
10% (1997 est.) |
| Israel |
18% (2006 est.) |
| Italy |
NA% |
| Jamaica |
19.7% (2006 est.) |
| Japan |
NA% |
| Jersey |
NA% |
| Jordan |
30% (2006 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
26% (2006 est.) |
| Kenya |
50% (2000 est.) |
| Kiribati |
NA% |
| Korea, North |
NA% |
| Korea, South |
4% (2006 est.) |
| Kuwait |
NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
50% (2003 est.) |
| Laos |
40% (2006 est.) |
| Latvia |
NA% |
| Lebanon |
28% (2006 est.) |
| Lesotho |
49% (2006) |
| Liberia |
80% |
| Libya |
NA% |
| Liechtenstein |
NA% |
| Lithuania |
NA% |
| Luxembourg |
NA% |
| Macau |
NA% |
| Macedonia, The
Former Yugoslav Republic of |
30.2% (2006 est.) |
| Madagascar |
71% (2006 est.) |
| Malawi |
55% (2003 est.) |
| Malaysia |
8% (2005 est.) |
| Maldives |
NA% |
| Mali |
64% average; 30%
of the total population living in urban areas;
70% of the total population living in rural
areas) (2006 est.) |
| Malta |
NA% |
| Man, Isle of |
NA% |
| Marshall Islands |
NA% |
| Martinique |
NA% |
| Mauritania |
50% (2006 est.) |
| Mauritius |
10% (2006 est.) |
| Mayotte |
NA% |
| Mexico |
40% (2003 est.) |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of |
26.7% |
| Moldova |
80% (2006 est.) |
| Monaco |
NA% |
| Mongolia |
33% (2003 est.) |
| Montserrat |
NA% |
| Morocco |
19% (2006 est.) |
| Mozambique |
70% (2006 est.) |
| Namibia |
50% (2006 est.) |
| Nauru |
NA% |
| Nepal |
42% (2005-96) |
| Netherlands |
NA% |
| Netherlands
Antilles |
NA% |
| New Caledonia |
NA% |
| New Zealand |
NA% |
| Nicaragua |
50% (2006 est.) |
| Niger |
63% (2005 est.) |
| Nigeria |
60% (2000 est.) |
| Niue |
NA% |
| Norfolk Island |
NA% |
| Northern Mariana
Islands |
NA% |
| Norway |
NA% |
| Oman |
NA% |
| Pakistan |
35% (2006 est.) |
| Palau |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Panama |
37% (2006 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
37% (2006 est.) |
| Paraguay |
36% (2006 est.) |
| Peru |
54% (2003 est.) |
| Philippines |
40% (2006 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
NA% |
| Poland |
18.4% (2000 est.) |
| Portugal |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Qatar |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Reunion |
NA% (2005 est.) |
| Romania |
44.5% (2000) |
| Russia |
25% (January 2003
est.) |
| Rwanda |
60% (2006 est.) |
| Saint Helena |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and
Nevis |
NA% (1997 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
NA% (2000 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and
Miquelon |
NA% (2000) |
| Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Samoa |
NA% (2005 est.) |
| San Marino |
NA% |
| Sao Tome and
Principe |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
NA% (2006) |
| Senegal |
54% (2006 est.) |
| Serbia and
Montenegro |
30% (2006 est.) |
| Seychelles |
NA% (2005) |
| Sierra Leone |
68% (2005 est.) |
| Singapore |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Slovakia |
NA% |
| Slovenia |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
NA% (FY95/96
est.) |
| Somalia |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| South Africa |
50% (2000 est.) |
| Spain |
NA% (2000) |
| Sri Lanka |
22% (1997 est.) |
| Sudan |
NA% (2004-91) |
| Suriname |
70% (2006 est.) |
| Svalbard |
NA% |
| Swaziland |
40% (2005) |
| Sweden |
NA% |
| Switzerland |
NA% (2000) |
| Syria |
20% (2003 est.) |
| Taiwan |
1% (2000 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
60% (2003 est.) |
| Tanzania |
36% (2006 est.) |
| Thailand |
10.4% (2006 est.) |
| Togo |
32% (2005 est.) |
| Tokelau |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Tonga |
NA% (2006) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
21% (1992 est.) |
| Tunisia |
7.6% (2006 est.) |
| Turkey |
18% (2006) |
| Turkmenistan |
34.4% (2006 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos
Islands |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Uganda |
35% (2006 est.) |
| Ukraine |
29% (2003 est.) |
| United Arab
Emirates |
NA% (2003 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
17% (2006 est.) |
| United States |
12% (2003 est.) |
| Uruguay |
23.7% (2006) |
| Uzbekistan |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| Venezuela |
47% (2005 est.) |
| Vietnam |
37% (2005 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
NA% |
| Wallis and Futuna |
NA% (2006 est.) |
| West Bank |
60% (2003 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
NA% |
| Yemen |
15.7% (2006) |
| Zambia |
86% (2005) |
| Zimbabwe |
70% (2006 est.) |
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