Field Listing - Population below poverty line
Home
Reference Maps
Appendixes
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 17 May, 2005