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Country
Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan NA%
Albania 30% (2001 est.)
Algeria 23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra NA%
Angola NA%
Anguilla NA%
Antigua and Barbuda NA%
Argentina 37% (2001 est.)
Armenia 50% (2002 est.)
Aruba NA%
Australia NA%
Austria NA%
Azerbaijan 49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The NA%
Bahrain NA%
Bangladesh 35.6% (FY95 est.)
Barbados NA%
Belarus 22% (1995 est.)
Belgium 4%
Belize 33% (1999 est.)
Benin 37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda NA%
Bhutan NA%
Bolivia 70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA%
Botswana 47%
Brazil 22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands NA%
Brunei NA%
Bulgaria 12.6% (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso 45% (2001 est.)
Burma 25% (2000 est.)
Burundi 70% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon 48% (2000 est.)
Canada NA%
Cape Verde 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands NA%
Central African Republic NA%
Chad 80% (2001 est.)
Chile 21% (1998 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% (1999 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% (2002 est.)
Ecuador 70% (2001 est.)
Egypt 22.9% (FY95 est.)
El Salvador 48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA%
Eritrea 53% (1993/94)
Estonia NA% (2000)
Ethiopia 45% (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%
Faroe Islands NA%
Fiji 25.5% (1990-91)
Finland NA%
France 6.4% (1999)
French Guiana NA%
French Polynesia NA%
Gabon NA%
Gambia, The NA%
Gaza Strip 60% (2002 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% (1994 est.)
Guinea-Bissau NA%
Guyana NA%
Haiti 80% (2002 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 34.2% (1992 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 55% (2001 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, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 24% (2001 est.)
Madagascar 71% (1999 est.)
Malawi 54% (FY90 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% (2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.7%
Moldova 80% (2001 est.)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia 36% (2001 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 50% (2000 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% (2002 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 NA%
Saudi Arabia NA%
Senegal 54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 30%
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%
Suriname 70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA%
Swaziland 40% (1995)
Sweden NA%
Switzerland NA%
Syria 15%-25%
Taiwan 1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan 60% (2001 est.)
Tanzania 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand 12.5% (1998 est.)
Togo 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga NA%
Trinidad and Tobago 21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia 6% (2000 est.)
Turkey NA%
Turkmenistan 34.4% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA%
Tuvalu NA%
Uganda 35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine 29% (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates NA%
United Kingdom 17%
United States 12.7% (2001 est.)
Uruguay 6% (1997)
Uzbekistan NA%
Vanuatu NA%
Venezuela 47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam 37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands NA%
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank 60% (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA%
Yemen NA
Zambia 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe 70% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003
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