Field Listing - Population below poverty line
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Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan
23% (2002)
Albania
30% (2001 est.)
Algeria
23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa
NA
Andorra
NA
Angola
70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla
NA
Antigua and Barbuda
NA
Argentina
51.7% (May 2003)
Armenia
50% (2002 est.)
Aruba
NA
Australia
NA
Austria
3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan
49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The
NA
Bahrain
NA
Bangladesh
35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Barbados
NA
Belarus
22% (1995 est.)
Belgium
4% (1989 est.)
Belize
33% (1999 est.)
Benin
37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda
19% (2000)
Bhutan
NA
Bolivia
70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
NA (2004 est.)
Botswana
47% (2002 est.)
Brazil
22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands
NA
Brunei
NA (1992 est.)
Bulgaria
13.4% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso
45% (2003 est.)
Burma
25% (2000 est.)
Burundi
68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia
36% (1997 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 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% (2002 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% (2003 est.)
Ecuador
65% (2003 est.)
Egypt
16.7% (2000 est.)
El Salvador
48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
NA
Eritrea
53% (1993/94)
Estonia
NA (2000)
Ethiopia
50% (2003 est.)
European Union
NA
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
60% (2003 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% (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
26% (2001 est.)
Kenya
50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati
NA
Korea, North
NA
Korea, South
4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait
NA
Kyrgyzstan
50% (2003 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% (2002 est.)
Madagascar
71% (1999 est.)
Malawi
55% (2003 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% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
26.7%
Moldova
80% (2001 est.)
Monaco
NA
Mongolia
33% (2003 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
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
44.5% (2000)
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% NA (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
NA (2004 est.)
Suriname
70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
40% (1995)
Sweden
NA
Switzerland
NA
Syria
20% (2003 est.)
Taiwan
1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan
60% (2003 est.)
Tanzania
36% (2002 est.)
Thailand
10.4% (2002 est.)
Togo
32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
NA
Trinidad and Tobago
21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia
7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey
18% (2001)
Turkmenistan
34.4% (2001 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% (2003 est.)
Uruguay
23.7% (2002)
Uzbekistan
NA (2004 est.)
Vanuatu
NA
Venezuela
47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam
37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands
NA
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
60% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara
NA
Yemen
15.7% (2001)
Zambia
86% (1993)
Zimbabwe
70% (2002 est.)
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