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Country
Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan 53% (2003)
Albania 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria 23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa NA
Andorra NA%
Angola 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda NA
Argentina 44.3% (June 2004)
Armenia 50% (2002 est.)
Aruba NA
Australia NA
Austria 3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan 49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The NA
Bahrain NA
Bangladesh 45% (2004 est.)
Barbados NA
Belarus 27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium 4% (1989 est.)
Belize 33% (1999 est.)
Benin 33% (2001 est.)
Bermuda 19% (2000)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia 64% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25% (2004 est.)
Botswana 47% (2002 est.)
Brazil 22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei NA
Bulgaria 13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 45% (2003 est.)
Burma 25% (2000 est.)
Burundi 68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 40% (2004 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)
China 10% (2001 est.)
Colombia 55% (2001)
Comoros 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA
Congo, Republic of the NA
Cook Islands NA
Costa Rica 18% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 37% (1995)
Croatia 11% (2003)
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 45% (2001 est.)
Egypt 16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador 36.1% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA
Eritrea 50% (2004 est.)
Estonia NA (2000)
Ethiopia 50% (2004 est.)
European Union See individual country listings
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 81% (2004 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% (2004 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 19% (2004 est.)
Kenya 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait NA
Kyrgyzstan 40% (2004 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% (2003 est.)
Madagascar 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi 55% (2004 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 40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius 10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.7%
Moldova 80% (2001 est.)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia 36.1% (2004 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 32% (FY00/01 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 28.9% (2002)
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% (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 40% (2004 est.)
Suriname 70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland 40% (1995)
Sweden NA
Switzerland NA
Syria 20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan 1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan 60% (2004 est.)
Tanzania 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand 10% (2004 est.)
Togo 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago 21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia 7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey 20% (2002)
Turkmenistan 58% (2003 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% (2004 est.)
Uruguay 21% of households (2003)
Uzbekistan 28% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam 28.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands NA%
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank 59% (2004 est.)
Western Sahara NA
Yemen 45.2% (2003)
Zambia 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe 70% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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