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Country | Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan | 53% (2003)
Albania | 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria | 23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa | NA
Andorra | NA%
Angola | 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla | 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | NA
Argentina | 44.3% (June 2004)
Armenia | 50% (2002 est.)
Aruba | NA
Australia | NA
Austria | 3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan | 49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The | NA
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 | 47% (2002 est.)
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 | NA
Cape Verde | 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands | NA (2002 est.)
Central African Republic | NA (1993)
Chad | 80% (2001 est.)
Chile | 20.6% (2000)
China | 10% (2001 est.)
Colombia | 55% (2001)
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 | 45% (2001 est.)
Egypt | 16.7% (2000 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 | 27% (1999)
Iran | 40% (2002 est.)
Iraq | NA
Ireland | 10% (1997 est.)
Israel | 18% (2001 est.)
Italy | NA
Jamaica | 19.7% (2002 est.)
Japan | NA
Jersey | NA%
Jordan | 30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan | 19% (2004 est.)
Kenya | 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati | NA
Korea, North | NA
Korea, South | 4% (2001 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 | 30.2% (2003 est.)
Madagascar | 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi | 55% (2004 est.)
Malaysia | 8% (1998 est.)
Maldives | NA
Mali | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Malta | NA%
Man, Isle of | 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% (1999 est.)
Mozambique | 70% (2001 est.)
Namibia | 50% (2002 est.)
Nauru | NA
Nepal | 42% (1995-96)
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
Norfolk Island | 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 | 36% (2001 est.)
Peru | 54% (2003 est.)
Philippines | 40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | NA
Poland | 18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal | NA
Puerto Rico | NA
Qatar | NA
Reunion | NA%
Romania | 28.9% (2002)
Russia | 25% (January 2003 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 | 40% (1995)
Sweden | NA
Switzerland | NA
Syria | 20% (2004 est.)
Taiwan | 1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan | 60% (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 | 7.6% (2001 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 | 21% of households (2003)
Uzbekistan | 28% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | NA
Venezuela | 47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam | 28.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands | NA%
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 59% (2004 est.)
Western Sahara | NA
Yemen | 45.2% (2003)
Zambia | 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.)

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