Population below poverty line

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Population below poverty line

National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

Source: CIA-World Factbook

	Population below poverty line	Date of information
Afghanistan	53%	(2003)
Albania	25%	(2004 est.)
Algeria	25%	(2005 est.)
American Samoa	NA
American Virgin Islands	NA
Andorra	NA
Angola	70%	(2003 est.)
Anguilla	23%
Antigua and Barbuda	NA
Argentina	26.9%	(July-December 2006)
Armenia	34.6%	(2004 est.)
Aruba	NA
Australia	NA
Austria	5.9%	(2004)
Azerbaijan	49%	(2002 est.)
Bahamas, The	9.3%	(2004)
Bahrain	NA
Bangladesh	45%	(2004 est.)
Barbados	NA
Belarus	27.1%	(2003 est.)
Belgium	4%	(1989 est.)
Belize	33.5%	(2002 est.)
Benin	33%	(2001 est.)
Bermuda	19%	(2000)
Bhutan	31.7%	(2003)
Bolivia	64%	(2004 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	45%	(2003 est.)
Burma	25%	(2000 est.)
Burma	25%	(2000 est.)
Burundi	68%	(2002 est.)
Cambodia	40%	(2004 est.)
Cameroon	48%	(2000 est.)
Canada	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
Cape Verde	30%	(2000)
Cayman Islands	NA
Cayman Islands	NA
Central African Republic	NA
Chad	80%	(2001 est.)
Chile	18.2%	(2005)
China	10%	(2004 est.)
Christmas Island	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
Colombia	49.2%	(2005)
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
Cuba	NA
Cyprus	NA
Cyprus	NA
Czech Republic	NA
Denmark	NA
Djibouti	50%	(2001 est.)
Dominica	30%	(2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%
Ecuador	38.5%	(FY0506)
Egypt	20%	(2005 est.)
El Salvador	35.2%	(2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA
Eritrea	50%	(2004 est.)
Estonia	5%	(2003)
Ethiopia	38.7%	(FY05/06 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
Faroe Islands	NA
Fiji	25.5%	(FY90/91)
Finland	NA
France	6.2%	(2004)
French Guiana	NA
French Polynesia	NA
French Polynesia	NA
Gabon	NA
Gambia, The	NA
Gaza Strip	63.1%	(2005 est.)
Georgia	54%	(2001 est.)
Germany	11%	(2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4%	(1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA
Greece	NA
Greenland	NA
Grenada	32%	(2000)
Guadeloupe	NA
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	53%	(1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA
Hungary	8.6%	(1993 est.)
Iceland	NA
India	25%	(2002 est.)
Indonesia	17.8%	(2006)
Iran	40%	(2002 est.)
Iraq	NA
Ireland	10%	(1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA
Israel	21.6%	(2005)
Italy	NA
Jamaica	14.8%	(2003 est.)
Japan	NA
Jersey	NA
Jordan	30%	(2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	19%	(2004 est.)
Kenya	50%	(2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA
Korea, North	NA
Korea, South	15%	(2003 est.)
Kuwait	NA
Kyrgyzstan	40%	(2004 est.)
Laos	30.7%	(2005 est.)
Latvia	NA
Lebanon	28%	(1999 est.)
Lesotho	49%	(1999)
Liberia	80%	(2000)
Libya	7.4%	(2005 est.)
Liechtenstein	NA
Lithuania	4%	(2003)
Luxembourg	NA
Macau	NA
Macedonia	30%	(2005)
Madagascar	50%	(2004 est.)
Malawi	53%	(2004)
Malaysia	5.1%	(2002 est.)
Maldives	21%	(2004)
Mali	64%	(2001 est.)
Malta	NA
Malta	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%	(2000)
Moldova	29.5%	(2005)
Monaco	NA
Mongolia	36.1%	(2004)
Montenegro	12.2%	(2003)
Montserrat	NA
Morocco	19%	(2005 est.)
Mozambique	70%	(2001 est.)
Namibia	the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated
Nauru	NA
Nepal	31%	(FY03/04)
Netherlands	10.5%	(1999)
Netherlands Antilles	NA
New Caledonia	NA
New Zealand	NA
Nicaragua	48%	(2005)
Niger	63%	(1993 est.)