Field Listing :: Population below poverty line

Country	Population below poverty line(%)

Afghanistan	53% (2003)

Albania	25% (2004 est.)

Algeria	23% (2006 est.)

American Samoa	NA%

Andorra	NA%

Angola	40.5% (2006 est.)

Anguilla	23% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda	NA%

Argentina	23.4% (January-June 2007)

Armenia	26.5% (2006 est.)

Aruba	NA%

Australia	NA%

Austria	5.9% (2004)

Azerbaijan	24% (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The	9.3% (2004)

Bahrain	NA%

Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)

Barbados	NA%

Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)

Belgium	15.2% (2007 est.)

Belize	33.5% (2002 est.)

Benin	37.4% (2007 est.)

Bermuda	19% (2000)

Bhutan	31.7% (2003)

Bolivia	60% (2006 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	46.4% (2004)

Burma	32.7% (2007 est.)

Burundi	68% (2002 est.)

Cambodia	35% (2004)

Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)

Canada	10.8%; 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 not have an official poverty line (2005)

Cape Verde	30% (2000)

Cayman Islands	NA%

Central African Republic	NA%

Chad	80% (2001 est.)

Chile	18.2% (2005)

China	8% note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)

Colombia	49.2% (2005)

Comoros	60% (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%

Congo, Republic of the	NA%

Cook Islands	NA%

Costa Rica	16% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire	42% (2006 est.)

Croatia	11% (2003)

Cuba	NA%

Cyprus	NA%

Czech Republic	NA%

Denmark	NA%

Djibouti	42% (2007 est.)

Dominica	30% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic	42.2% (2004)

Ecuador	38.3% (2006)

Egypt	20% (2005 est.)

El Salvador	30.7% (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea	NA%

Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)

Estonia	5% (2003)

Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)

European Union	note - see individual country entries of member states

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%

Faroe Islands	NA%

Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)

Finland	NA%

France	6.2% (2004)

French Polynesia	NA%

Gabon	NA%

Gambia, The	NA%

Gaza Strip	80% (2007 est.)

Georgia	31% (2006)

Germany	11% (2001 est.)

Ghana	28.5% (2007 est.)

Gibraltar	NA%

Greece	NA%

Greenland	NA%

Grenada	32% (2000)

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	50.7% (2004)

Hong Kong	NA%

Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)

Iceland	NA%

India	25% (2007 est.)

Indonesia	17.8% (2006)

Iran	18% (2007 est.)

Iraq	NA%

Ireland	7% (2005 est.)

Isle of Man	NA%

Israel	21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)

Italy	NA%

Jamaica	14.8% (2003 est.)

Japan	NA%

Jersey	NA%

Jordan	14.2% (2002)

Kazakhstan	13.8% (2007)

Kenya	50% (2000 est.)

Kiribati	NA%

Korea, North	NA%

Korea, South	15% (2003 est.)

Kosovo	37% (2007 est.)

Kuwait	NA%

Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)

Laos	30.7% (2005 est.)

Latvia	NA%

Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)

Lesotho	49% (1999)

Liberia	80% (2000 est.)

Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein	NA%

Lithuania	4% (2003)

Luxembourg	NA%

Macau	NA%

Macedonia	29.8% (2006)

Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)

Malawi	53% (2004)

Malaysia	5.1% (2002 est.)

Maldives	21% (2004)

Mali	36.1% (2005 est.)

Malta	NA%

Marshall Islands	NA%

Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)

Mauritius	8% (2006 est.)

Mayotte	NA%

Mexico	13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)

Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)

Moldova	29.5% (2005)

Monaco	NA%

Mongolia	36.1% (2004)

Montenegro	7% (2007 est.)

Montserrat	NA%

Morocco	15% (2007 est.)

Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)

Namibia	the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day

Nauru	NA%

Nepal	30.9% (2004)

Netherlands	10.5% (2005)

Netherlands Antilles	NA%

New Caledonia	NA%

New Zealand	NA%

Nicaragua	48% (2005)

Niger	63% (1993 est.)

Nigeria	70% (2007 est.)

Niue	NA%

Northern Mariana Islands	NA%

Norway	NA%

Oman	NA%

Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 est.)

Palau	NA%

Panama	28.6% (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)

Paraguay	32% (2005 est.)

Peru	44.5% (2006)

Philippines	30% (2003 est.)

Poland	17% (2003 est.)

Portugal	18% (2006)

Puerto Rico	NA%

Qatar	NA%

Romania	25% (2005 est.)

Russia	15.8% (November 2007)

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	6.5% (2007 est.)

Seychelles	NA%

Sierra Leone	70.2% (2004)

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.)

Swaziland	69% (2006)

Sweden	NA%

Switzerland	NA%

Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)

Taiwan	0.95% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan	60% (2007 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	17% (2007 est.)

Tunisia	7.4% (2005 est.)

Turkey	20% (2002)

Turkmenistan	30% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%

Tuvalu	NA%

Uganda	35% (2001 est.)

Ukraine	37.7% (2003)

United Arab Emirates	19.5% (2003)

United Kingdom	14% (2006 est.)

United States	12% (2004 est.)

Uruguay	27.4% of households (2006)

Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)

Vanuatu	NA%

Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)

Vietnam	14.8% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands	28.9% (2002)

Wallis and Futuna	NA%

West Bank	46% (2007 est.)

Western Sahara	NA%

Yemen	45.2% (2003)

Zambia	86% (1993)

Zimbabwe	68% (2004)