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Country | Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan | 53% (2003)
Albania | 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria | 25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa | NA%
Andorra | NA%
Angola | 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla | 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | NA%
Argentina | 38.5% (June 2005)
Armenia | 43% (2003 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% (1999 est.)
Benin | 33% (2001 est.)
Bermuda | 19% (2000)
Bhutan | NA%
Bolivia | 64% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25% (2004 est.)
Botswana | 30.3% (2003)
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 | 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 not have an official poverty line (2003)
Cape Verde | 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands | NA%
Central African Republic | NA%
Chad | 80% (2001 est.)
Chile | 18.2% (2005)
China | 10% (2001 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 | 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 | 41% (2003)
Egypt | 20% (2005 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 | 16.7% (2004)
Iran | 40% (2002 est.)
Iraq | NA%
Ireland | 10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man | NA%
Israel | 21% (2005)
Italy | NA%
Jamaica | 19.1% (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 | 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 | 29.6% (2004 est.)
Madagascar | 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi | 55% (2004 est.)
Malaysia | 8% (1998 est.)
Maldives | NA%
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%
Moldova | 80% (2001 est.)
Monaco | NA%
Mongolia | 36.1% (2004 est.)
Montserrat | NA%
Morocco | 19% (2005 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 | 31% (2003-2004)
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%
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 | 32% (2005 est.)
Peru | 54% (2003 est.)
Philippines | 40% (2001 est.)
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 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 | 69% (2005)
Sweden | NA%
Switzerland | NA%
Syria | 20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan | 0.9% (2005)
Tajikistan | 64% (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 | 7.4% (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 | 22% of households (2004)
Uzbekistan | 28% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | NA%
Venezuela | 47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam | 19.5% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands | NA%
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)
Western Sahara | NA%
Yemen | 45.2% (2003)
Zambia | 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe | 80% (2004 est.)

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