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Country
Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan 23% (2002)
Albania 30% (2001 est.)
Algeria 23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa NA
Andorra NA
Angola 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla NA
Antigua and Barbuda NA
Argentina 51.7% (May 2003)
Armenia 50% (2002 est.)
Aruba NA
Australia NA
Austria 3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan 49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The NA
Bahrain NA
Bangladesh 35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Barbados NA
Belarus 22% (1995 est.)
Belgium 4% (1989 est.)
Belize 33% (1999 est.)
Benin 37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda 19% (2000)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia 70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA (2004 est.)
Botswana 47% (2002 est.)
Brazil 22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei NA (1992 est.)
Bulgaria 13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 45% (2003 est.)
Burma 25% (2000 est.)
Burundi 68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon 48% (2000 est.)
Canada NA
Cape Verde 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands NA (2002 est.)
Central African Republic NA (1993)
Chad 80% (2001 est.)
Chile 20.6% (2000 est.)
China 10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 55% (2001)
Comoros 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA
Congo, Republic of the NA
Cook Islands NA
Costa Rica 20.6% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 37% (1995)
Croatia NA
Cuba NA
Cyprus NA
Czech Republic NA
Denmark NA
Djibouti 50% (2001 est.)
Dominica 30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 25%
East Timor 42% (2003 est.)
Ecuador 65% (2003 est.)
Egypt 16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador 48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA
Eritrea 53% (1993/94)
Estonia NA (2000)
Ethiopia 50% (2003 est.)
European Union NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands NA
Fiji 25.5% (1990-91)
Finland NA
France 6.5% (2000)
French Guiana NA
French Polynesia NA
Gabon NA
Gambia, The NA
Gaza Strip 60% (2003 est.)
Georgia 54% (2001 est.)
Germany NA
Ghana 31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar NA
Greece NA
Greenland NA
Grenada 32% (2000)
Guadeloupe NA
Guam 23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala 75% (2002 est.)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 40% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau NA
Guyana NA
Haiti 80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong NA
Hungary 8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland NA
India 25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia 27% (1999)
Iran 40% (2002 est.)
Iraq NA
Ireland 10% (1997 est.)
Israel 18% (2001 est.)
Italy NA
Jamaica 19.7% (2002 est.)
Japan NA
Jersey NA
Jordan 30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan 26% (2001 est.)
Kenya 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait NA
Kyrgyzstan 50% (2003 est.)
Laos 40% (2002 est.)
Latvia NA
Lebanon 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho 49% (1999)
Liberia 80%
Libya NA
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania NA
Luxembourg NA
Macau NA
Macedonia 30.2% (2002 est.)
Madagascar 71% (1999 est.)
Malawi 55% (2003 est.)
Malaysia 8% (1998 est.)
Maldives NA
Mali 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Malta NA
Man, Isle of NA
Marshall Islands NA
Martinique NA
Mauritania 50% (2001 est.)
Mauritius 10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte NA
Mexico 40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.7%
Moldova 80% (2001 est.)
Monaco NA
Mongolia 33% (2003 est.)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique 70% (2001 est.)
Namibia 50% (2002 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal 42% (1995-96)
Netherlands NA
Netherlands Antilles NA
New Caledonia NA
New Zealand NA
Nicaragua 50% (2001 est.)
Niger 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria 60% (2000 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway NA
Oman NA
Pakistan 35% (2001 est.)
Palau NA
Panama 37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea 37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay 36% (2001 est.)
Peru 54% (2003 est.)
Philippines 40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal NA
Puerto Rico NA
Qatar NA
Reunion NA
Romania 44.5% (2000)
Russia 25% (January 2003 est.)
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% NA (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia NA
Senegal 54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 30% (1999 est.)
Seychelles NA
Sierra Leone 68% (1989 est.)
Singapore NA
Slovakia NA
Slovenia NA
Solomon Islands NA
Somalia NA
South Africa 50% (2000 est.)
Spain NA
Sri Lanka 22% (1997 est.)
Sudan NA (2004 est.)
Suriname 70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 40% (1995)
Sweden NA
Switzerland NA
Syria 20% (2003 est.)
Taiwan 1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan 60% (2003 est.)
Tanzania 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand 10.4% (2002 est.)
Togo 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago 21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia 7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey 18% (2001)
Turkmenistan 34.4% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine 29% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates NA
United Kingdom 17% (2002 est.)
United States 12% (2003 est.)
Uruguay 23.7% (2002)
Uzbekistan NA (2004 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam 37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands NA
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank 60% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara NA
Yemen 15.7% (2001)
Zambia 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe 70% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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