A List Of Countries Below The Poverty Line

	World Poverty
Country	Population Below The Poverty Line (%)
Afghanistan	53% (2003)
Albania	25% (2004 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)
Angola	70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla	23% (2002)
Argentina	38.5% (June 2005)
Armenia	43% (2003 est.)
Austria	3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)
Bangladesh	45% (2004 est.)
Belarus	27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium	4% (1989 est.)
Belize	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)
Botswana	30.3% - 47% (2003)
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)
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% (2003)
Cape Verde	30% (2000)
Chad	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	20.6% (2000)
China	10% (2001 est.)
Colombia	59% (2001 est.)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)
Costa Rica	18% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)
Croatia	11% (2003)
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.)
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia	50% (2004 est.)
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)
France	6.5% (2000)
Gaza Strip	81% (2004 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)
Grenada	32% (2000)
Guam	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	75% (2004 est.)
Guinea	40% (2003 est.)
Haiti	80% (2003 est.)
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)
India	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	15.2% (2004)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)
Israel	21% (2005)
Jamaica	19.7% (2002 est.)
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	19% (2004 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	40% (2004 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%
Macedonia	30.2% (2003 est.)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)
Malawi	55% (2004 est.)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)
Mali	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)
Mongolia	36.1% (2004 est.)
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)
Namibia	50% (2002 est.)
Nepal	42% (1995-96)
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)
Pakistan	32% (FY00/01 est.)
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.)
Romania	28.9% (2002)
Russia	17.8% (2004 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe	54% (2004 est.)
Senegal	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30% (1999 est.)
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland	66% (2004)
Syria	20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2005)
Tajikistan	60% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	7.6% (2001 est.)
Turkey	20% (2002)
Turkmenistan	58% (2003 est.)
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2003 est.)
United Kingdom	17% (2002 est.)
United States	12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay	21% of households (2003)
Uzbekistan	28% (2004 est.)
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	28.9% (2002 est.)
West Bank	46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)
Yemen	45.2% (2003)
Zambia	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	80% (2004 est.)

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World Poverty

Country

Population Below The Poverty Line (%)

53% (2003)

25% (2004 est.)

23% (1999 est.)

70% (2003 est.)

23% (2002)

38.5% (June 2005)

43% (2003 est.)

3.9% (1999)

49% (2002 est.)

45% (2004 est.)

27.1% (2003 est.)

4% (1989 est.)

33% (1999 est.)

33% (2001 est.)

19% (2000)

64% (2004 est.)

25% (2004 est.)

30.3% - 47% (2003)

22% (1998 est.)

13.4% (2002 est.)

45% (2003 est.)

25% (2000 est.)

68% (2002 est.)

40% (2004 est.)

48% (2000 est.)

15.9% (2003)

30% (2000)

80% (2001 est.)

20.6% (2000)

10% (2001 est.)

59% (2001 est.)

60% (2002 est.)

18% (2004 est.)

37% (1995)

11% (2003)

50% (2001 est.)

30% (2002 est.)

25%

42% (2003 est.)

45% (2001 est.)

16.7% (2000 est.)

36.1% (2003 est.)

50% (2004 est.)

50% (2004 est.)

25.5% (1990-91)

6.5% (2000)

81% (2004 est.)

54% (2001 est.)

31.4% (1992 est.)

32% (2000)

23% (2001 est.)

75% (2004 est.)

40% (2003 est.)

80% (2003 est.)

53% (1993 est.)

8.6% (1993 est.)

25% (2002 est.)

15.2% (2004)

40% (2002 est.)

10% (1997 est.)

21% (2005)

19.7% (2002 est.)

30% (2001 est.)

19% (2004 est.)

50% (2000 est.)

4% (2001 est.)

40% (2004 est.)

40% (2002 est.)

28% (1999 est.)

49% (1999)

80%

30.2% (2003 est.)

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