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POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE(%)Afghanistan36% (FY08/09)Albania25% (2004 est.)Algeria23% (2006 est.)American SamoaNA%Andorra8% (2008)Angola40.5% (2006 est.)Anguilla23% (2002)Antigua and BarbudaNA%Argentina30% (2010)Armenia26.5% (2006 est.)ArubaNA%AustraliaNA%Austria6% (2008)Azerbaijan11% (2009 est.)Bahamas, The9.3% (2004)BahrainNA%Bangladesh36.3% (2008 est.)BarbadosNA%Belarus27.1% (2003 est.)Belgium15.2% (2007 est.)Belize33.5% (2002 est.)Benin37.4% (2007 est.)Bermuda19% (2000)Bhutan23.2% (2008)Bolivia30.3% of population living on less than $2/day (2009 est.)Bosnia and Herzegovina25% (2004 est.)Botswana30.3% (2003)Brazil26% (2008)British Virgin IslandsNA%BruneiNA%Bulgaria14% (2008)Burkina Faso46.4% (2004)Burma32.7% (2007 est.)Burundi68% (2002 est.)Cambodia31% (2007 est.)Cameroon48% (2000 est.)Canada9.4%; 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 (2008)Cape Verde30% (2000)Cayman IslandsNA%Central African RepublicNA%Chad80% (2001 est.)Chile18.2% (2005)China2.8%
note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); an additional 35.5 million rural population live above that level but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2007)Colombia46.8% (2008)Comoros60% (2002 est.)Congo, Democratic Republic of the71% (2006 est.)Congo, Republic of theNA%Cook IslandsNA%Costa Rica16% (2006 est.)Cote d'Ivoire42% (2006 est.)Croatia17% (2008)CubaNA%CyprusNA%Czech RepublicNA%Denmark12.1% (2007)Djibouti42% (2007 est.)Dominica30% (2002 est.)Dominican Republic42.2% (2004)Ecuador35.1% (2008)Egypt20% (2005 est.)El Salvador30.7% (2006 est.)Equatorial GuineaNA%Eritrea50% (2004 est.)Estonia19.7% (2008)Ethiopia38.7% (FY05/06 est.)European Unionnote - see individual country entries of member statesFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA%Faroe IslandsNA%Fiji25.5% (FY90/91)FinlandNA%France6.2% (2004)French PolynesiaNA%GabonNA%Gambia, TheNA%Gaza Strip70% (2009 est.)Georgia31% (2006)Germany11% (2001 est.)Ghana28.5% (2007 est.)GibraltarNA%Greece20% (2009 est.)Greenland9.2% (2007 est.)Grenada32% (2000)Guam23% (2001 est.)Guatemala56.2% (2004 est.)GuernseyNA%Guinea47% (2006 est.)Guinea-BissauNA%GuyanaNA%Haiti80% (2003 est.)Holy See (Vatican City)NA%Honduras65% (2010)Hong KongNA%Hungary12% (2010 est.)IcelandNA%India25% (2007 est.)Indonesia13.33% (2010)Iran18% (2007 est.)Iraq25% (2008 est.)Ireland5.5% (2009 est.)Isle of ManNA%Israel23.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2007)ItalyNA%Jamaica14.8% (2003 est.)Japan15.7% (2007)
note: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) press release, 20 October 2009JerseyNA%Jordan14.2% (2002)Kazakhstan12.1% (2008)Kenya50% (2000 est.)KiribatiNA%Korea, NorthNA%Korea, South15% (2006 est.)Kosovo35% (2007 est.)KuwaitNA%Kyrgyzstan40% (2004 est.)Laos26% (2010 est.)LatviaNA%Lebanon28% (1999 est.)Lesotho49% (1999)Liberia80% (2000 est.)LibyaNA
note: About one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty lineLiechtensteinNA%Lithuania4% (2003)LuxembourgNA%MacauNA%Macedonia28.7% (2008)Madagascar50% (2004 est.)Malawi53% (2004)Malaysia5.1% (2002 est.)Maldives16% (2008)Mali36.1% (2005 est.)MaltaNA%Marshall IslandsNA%Mauritania40% (2004 est.)Mauritius8% (2006 est.)MayotteNA%Mexico18.2% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 47% (2008)Micronesia, Federated States of26.7% (2000)Moldova26.3% (2009)MonacoNA%Mongolia36.1% (2004)Montenegro7% (2007 est.)MontserratNA%Morocco15% (2007 est.)Mozambique70% (2001 est.)Namibia55.8%
note: 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 (2005 est.)NauruNA%Nepal24.7% (2008)Netherlands10.5% (2005)New CaledoniaNA%New ZealandNA%Nicaragua48% (2005)Niger63% (1993 est.)Nigeria70% (2007 est.)NiueNA%Northern Mariana IslandsNA%NorwayNA%OmanNA%Pakistan24% (FY05/06 est.)PalauNA%Panama28.6% (2006 est.)Papua New Guinea37% (2002 est.)Paraguay19.4% (2008 est.)Peru34.8% (2009)Philippines32.9% (2006 est.)Poland17% (2003 est.)Portugal18% (2006)Puerto RicoNA%QatarNA%Romania25% (2005 est.)Russia13.1% (2009)Rwanda60% (2001 est.)Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da CunhaNA%Saint Kitts and NevisNA%Saint LuciaNA%Saint Pierre and MiquelonNA%Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNA%SamoaNA%San MarinoNA%Sao Tome and Principe54% (2004 est.)Saudi ArabiaNA%Senegal54% (2001 est.)Serbia7.9% (2008 est.)SeychellesNA%Sierra Leone70.2% (2004)SingaporeNA%Slovakia21% (2002)Slovenia12.3% (2008)Solomon IslandsNA%SomaliaNA%South Africa50% (2000 est.)Spain19.8% (2005)Sri Lanka23% (2008 est.)Sudan40% (2004 est.)Suriname70% (2002 est.)Swaziland69% (2006)SwedenNA%Switzerland7.4% (2009)Syria11.9% (2006 est.)Taiwan1.08% (2008 est.)Tajikistan60% (2009 est.)Tanzania36% (2002 est.)Thailand9.6% (2006 est.)Timor-Leste42% (2003 est.)Togo32% (1989 est.)TokelauNA%Tonga24% (FY03/04)Trinidad and Tobago17% (2007 est.)Tunisia3.8% (2005 est.)Turkey17.11% (2008)Turkmenistan30% (2004 est.)Turks and Caicos IslandsNA%TuvaluNA%Uganda35% (2001 est.)Ukraine35% (2009)United Arab Emirates19.5% (2003)United Kingdom14% (2006 est.)United States12% (2004 est.)Uruguay27.4% of households (2006)Uzbekistan26% (2008 est.)VanuatuNA%Venezuela37.9% (yearend 2005 est.)Vietnam12.3% (2009 est.)Virgin Islands28.9% (2002)Wallis and FutunaNA%West Bank46% (2007 est.)Western SaharaNA%Yemen45.2% (2003)Zambia86% (1993)Zimbabwe68% (2004)
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