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List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
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These are lists of countries of the world by percentage of population living in poverty. "Poverty" defined as an economic condition of lacking both money and basic necessities needed to successfully live, such as food, water, education, healthcare, and shelter. There are many working definitions of "poverty," with considerable debate on how to best define the term. Income security, economic stability and the predictability of one’s continued means to meet basic needs all serve as absolute indicators of poverty. Poverty may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs.
* The first table lists countries by the percentage of the poorest population living under 1.25 and 2 dollar a day. The sourced data refers to the most recent year available during the period 2000-2007.
* The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. Definitions of the poverty line may vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Thus, the numbers are not strictly comparable among countries.
Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day. Based on 2009 UN Human Development Report.
Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population living on less than $2 per day. Based on 2009 UN Human Development Report.
Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population living below the national poverty line. Based on data from the CIA World Factbook. Not all figures are up to date.
Country ↓ UNDP[7] ↓
Afghanistan 42
Albania 18.5
Algeria 22.6
Angola N/A
Anguilla N/A
Argentina N/A
Armenia 50.9
Austria N/A
Azerbaijan 49.6
The Bahamas N/A
Bangladesh 49.8
Belarus 17.4
Belgium N/A
Belize N/A
Benin 39
Bermuda N/A
Bhutan N/A
Bolivia 64.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.5
Botswana N/A
Brazil 21.5
Bulgaria 12.8
Burkina Faso 46.4
Burma N/A 32.7
Burundi 68
Cambodia 35
Cameroon 40.2
Canada N/A
Cape Verde N/A
Chad 43.4
Chile 17
People’s Republic of China 2.8
Colombia 64
Comoros N/A
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 71.3
Congo, Republic of the 42.3
Costa Rica 23.9
Côte d’Ivoire N/A
Croatia 11.1
Djibouti N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 42.2
Ecuador 45.2
Egypt 16.7
El Salvador 37.2
Eritrea 53
Estonia 8.9
Ethiopia 44.2
Fiji N/A
France N/A
The Gambia 61.3
Gaza Strip N/A
Georgia 54.5
Germany N/A
Ghana 28.5
Greece N/A
Grenada N/A
Guam N/A
Guatemala 56.2
Guinea 40
Guinea-Bissau 65.7
Haiti 65
Honduras 50.7
Hungary 17.3
India N/A
Indonesia 16
Iran N/A
Ireland N/A
Israel N/A
Jamaica 18.7
Jordan 14.2
Kazakhstan 15.4
Kenya 52
South Korea N/A
Kosovo N/A
Kyrgyzstan 43.1
Laos 33
Latvia 5.9
Lebanon N/A
Lesotho 68
Liberia N/A
Libya N/A
Lithuania N/A
Republic of Macedonia 21.7
Madagascar 71.3
Malawi 65.3
Malaysia 15.5
Maldives N/A
Mali 63.8 36.1
Mauritania 46.3
Mauritius 10.6
Mexico 34.8
Micronesia N/A
Moldova 48.5
Mongolia 36.1
Montenegro N/A
Morocco 19
Mozambique 54.1
Nepal 30.9
Netherlands N/A
Nicaragua 45.8
Niger 63
Nigeria 34.1
Norway N/A
Pakistan 32.6
Panama 27.7
Papua New Guinea 37.5
Paraguay 20.5
Peru 36.2
Philippines 25.1
Poland 14.8
Portugal N/A
Romania 28.9
Russia 19.6
Rwanda 60.3
São Tomé and Príncipe N/A
Senegal 33.4
Serbia N/A
Sierra Leone 70.2
Slovakia 16.8
Slovenia N/A
South Africa N/A
Spain N/A
Sri Lanka 22.7
Sudan N/A 40
Suriname N/A
Swaziland 69.2
Syria N/A
Republic of China (Taiwan) N/A
Tajikistan 44.4
Tanzania 35.7
Thailand 13.6
Timor-Leste 39.7
Togo 32.3
Tonga N/A
Trinidad and Tobago 21
Tunisia 7.6
Turkey 27
Turkmenistan N/A
Uganda 37.7
Ukraine 19.5
United Arab Emirates N/A
United Kingdom N/A
United States N/a
Uruguay N/A
Uzbekistan 27.2
Venezuela 52
Vietnam 28.9
U.S. Virgin Islands N/A
West Bank N/A
Yemen 41.8
Zambia 68
Zimbabwe 34.9
1. ^ Data refer to the most recent year available during 2000-2007. Human and income poverty: developing countries / Population living below $1.25 a day (%), Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, accessed on December 19, 2009.
2. ^ Data refer to the most recent year available during 2000-2007. Human and income poverty: developing countries / Population living below $2 a day (%), Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, accessed on December 19, 2009.
7. ^ Data refer to the most recent year available during 2000-2007. Human and income poverty: developing countries / Population living below national poverty line), Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008, UNDP, accessed on May 2, 2009.
8. ^ Population below poverty line, The World Factbook, CIA, updated on November 13, 2008. Note: The CIA no longer publishes poverty figures on its World Factbook country profiles. The page remains accessible, though.