The World Factbook. 2008.
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 | 23.4% (January-June 2007) |
| Armenia | 26.5% (2006 est.) |
| Aruba | NA% |
| Australia | NA% |
| Austria | 5.9% (2004) |
| Azerbaijan | 24% (2005 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 9.3% (2004) |
| Bahrain | NA% |
| Bangladesh | 45% (2004 est.) |
| Barbados | NA% |
| Belarus | 27.1% (2003 est.) |
| Belgium | 15% (2007 est.) |
| Belize | 33.5% (2002 est.) |
| Benin | 37.4% (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda | 19% (2000) |
| Bhutan | 31.7% (2003) |
| Bolivia | 60% (2006 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 | 46.4% (2004) |
| Burma | 32.7% (2007 est.) |
| Burundi | 68% (2002 est.) |
| Cambodia | 35% (2004) |
| Cameroon | 48% (2000 est.) |
| Canada | 10.8%; 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 (2005) |
| Cape Verde | 30% (2000) |
| Cayman Islands | NA% |
| Central African Republic | NA% |
| Chad | 80% (2001 est.) |
| Chile | 18.2% (2005) |
| China | 8% note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official “absolute poverty” line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official “low income” line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 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 | 42% (2007 est.) |
| Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 42.2% (2004) |
| Ecuador | 38.3% (2006) |
| Egypt | 20% (2005 est.) |
| El Salvador | 30.7% (2006 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 | 80% (2007 est.) |
| Georgia | 31% (2006) |
| Germany | 11% (2001 est.) |
| Ghana | 28.5% (2007 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 | 50.7% (2004) |
| Hong Kong | NA% |
| Hungary | 8.6% (1993 est.) |
| Iceland | NA% |
| India | 25% (2007 est.) |
| Indonesia | 17.8% (2006) |
| Iran | 18% (2007 est.) |
| Iraq | NA% |
| Ireland | 7% (2005 est.) |
| Isle of Man | NA% |
| Israel | 21.6% note: Israel’s poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005) |
| Italy | NA% |
| Jamaica | 14.8% (2003 est.) |
| Japan | NA% |
| Jersey | NA% |
| Jordan | 14.2% (2002) |
| Kazakhstan | 19% (2004 est.) |
| Kenya | 50% (2000 est.) |
| Kiribati | NA% |
| Korea, North | NA% |
| Korea, South | 15% (2003 est.) |
| Kosovo | 30% (2006 est.) |
| Kosovo | 30% (2006 est.) |
| Kuwait | NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 40% (2004 est.) |
| Laos | 30.7% (2005 est.) |
| Latvia | NA% |
| Lebanon | 28% (1999 est.) |
| Lesotho | 49% (1999) |
| Liberia | 80% (2000 est.) |
| 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 | 13.8% note: food-based poverty. Asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% (2000) |
| Moldova | 29.5% (2005) |
| Monaco | NA% |
| Mongolia | 36.1% (2004) |
| Montenegro | 7% (2007 est.) |
| Montserrat | NA% |
| Morocco | 15% (2007 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 | 30.9% (2004) |
| Netherlands | 10.5% (2005) |
| 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 | 44.5% (2006) |
| Philippines | 30% (2003 est.) |
| Poland | 17% (2003 est.) |
| Portugal | NA% |
| Puerto Rico | NA% |
| Qatar | NA% |
| Romania | 25% (2005 est.) |
| Russia | 15.8% (November 2007) |
| 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 | 70.2% (2004) |
| 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 | 0.95% (2007 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 64% (2004 est.) |
| Tanzania | 36% (2002 est.) |
| Thailand | 10% (2004 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | 42% (2003 est.) |
| Togo | 32% (1989 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA% |
| Tonga | 24% (FY03/04) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17% (2007 est.) |
| Tunisia | 7.4% (2005 est.) |
| Turkey | 20% (2002) |
| Turkmenistan | 27% (2002) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | NA% |
| Tuvalu | NA% |
| Uganda | 35% (2001 est.) |
| Ukraine | 37.7% (2003) |
| United Arab Emirates | 19.5% (2003) |
| United Kingdom | 14% (2006 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 | 14.75% (2007 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 28.9% (2002) |
| Wallis and Futuna | NA% |
| West Bank | 46% (2007 est.) |
| Western Sahara | NA% |
| Yemen | 45.2% (2003) |
| Zambia | 86% (1993) |
| Zimbabwe | 68% (2004) |