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Field Listing - Population below poverty line

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	31.4% (June 2006)
Armenia	34.6% (2004 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	33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin	33% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	19% (2000)
Bhutan	31.7% (2003)
Bolivia	64% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25% (2004 est.)
Botswana	30.3% (2003)
Brazil	31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands	NA%
Brunei	NA%
Bulgaria	14.1% (2003 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% (2004 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	35.2% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%
Eritrea	50% (2004 est.)
Estonia	5% (2003)
Ethiopia	38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union	see individual country listings
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%
Fiji	25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland	NA%
France	6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia	NA%
Gabon	NA%
Gambia, The	NA%
Gaza Strip	63.1% (2005 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	NA%
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%
Greece	NA%
Greenland	NA%
Grenada	32% (2000)
Guam	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey	NA%
Guinea	47% (2006 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	17.8% (2006)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)
Iraq	NA%
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)
Isle of Man	NA%
Israel	21.6% (2005)
Italy	NA%
Jamaica	14.8% (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	30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia	NA%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)
Liberia	80% (2000)
Libya	7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein	NA%
Lithuania	4% (2003)
Luxembourg	NA%
Macau	NA%
Macedonia	30% (2005)
Madagascar	50% (2004 est.)
Malawi	53% (2004)
Malaysia	5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives	21% (2004)
Mali	64% (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA%
Mauritania	40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%
Mexico	40% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7% (2000)
Moldova	29.5% (2005)
Monaco	NA%
Mongolia	36.1% (2004)
Montenegro	12.2% (2003)
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% (FY03/04)
Netherlands	10.5% (1999)
Netherlands Antilles	NA%
New Caledonia	NA%
New Zealand	NA%
Nicaragua	48% (2005)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA%
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%
Norway	NA%
Oman	NA%
Pakistan	24% (FY05/06 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%
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	30% note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)
Seychelles	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA%
Slovakia	21% (2002)
Slovenia	12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands	NA%
Somalia	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka	22% (2002 est.)
Sudan	40% (2004 est.)
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland	69% (2006)
Sweden	NA%
Switzerland	NA%
Syria	11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan	0.9% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan	64% (2004 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	10% (2004 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA%
Tonga	24% (FY03/04)
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	27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan	33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu	NA%
Venezuela	37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam	19.5% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%
Wallis and Futuna	NA%
West Bank	45.7% (2005)
Western Sahara	NA%
Yemen	45.2% (2003)
Zambia	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	80% (2004 est.)

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