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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
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
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
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
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.)
Nigeria	60%	(2000 est.)
Niue	NA
Norfolk Island	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	54%	(2003 est.)
Philippines	40%	(2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA
Poland	17%	(2003 est.)
Portugal	NA
Puerto Rico	NA
Qatar	NA
Reunion	NA
Romania	25%	(2005 est.)
Russia	17.8%	(2004 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	30%	note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Seychelles	NA
Sierra Leone	68%	(1989 est.)
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.)
Svalbard	NA
Swaziland	69%	(2006)
Sweden	NA
Switzerland	NA
Syria	11.9%	(2006 est.)
Taiwan	0.9%	(2006 est.)
Tajikistan	64%	(2004 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	21%	(1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.4%	(2005 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	27.37%	of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	33%	(2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA
Venezuela	37.9%	(end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	19.5%	(2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna	NA
West Bank	45.7%	(2005)
Western Sahara	NA
Yemen	45.2%	(2003)
Zambia	86%	(1993)
Zimbabwe	80%	(2004 est.)

Source: CIA World Factbook. This page was last updated on 23 February, 2010

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