Population below poverty line (2003) | Population below poverty line (2002) | ||
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Armenia | 50% (2002 est.) | 55% (2001 est.) |
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Azerbaijan | 49% (2002 est.) | 49% (2002) |
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Bangladesh | 35.6% (FY 95/96 est.) | 36% |
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Botswana | 47% | 47% (2000 est.) |
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Bulgaria | 12.6% (2001 est.) | 35% (2000 est.) |
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Burundi | 70% (2002 est.) | 70% (2001 est.) |
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Chile | 21% (1998 est.) | 22% (1998 est.) |
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Colombia | 55% (2001) | 55% (2001) (2001) |
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Comoros | 60% (2002 est.) | 60% (2001 est.) |
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Costa Rica | 20.6% (1999 est.) | 21% (1999 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | 37% (1995) | NA% |
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Dominica | 30% (2002 est.) | NA% |
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Egypt | 22.9% (FY 95/96 est.) | 23% (FY95/96 est.) |
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Eritrea | 53% (1993/94) | NA% |
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Ethiopia | 45% (2002 est.) | 64% (1996) |
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Fiji | 25.5% (1990-91) | 26% (1990-91 ) |
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France | 6.4% (1999) | NA% |
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Gaza Strip | 60% (2002 est.) | 1% 60% (2001 est.) |
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Ghana | 31.4% (1992 est.) | 31% (1992 est.) |
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Grenada | 32% (2000) | NA% |
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Guatemala | 75% (2002 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) |
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Haiti | 80% (2002 est.) | 80% (1998 est.) |
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Hungary | 8.6% (1993 est.) | 9% (1993 est.) |
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Iran | 40% (2002 est.) | 53% (1996 est.) |
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Iraq | NA | NA% |
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Israel | 18% (2001 est.) | NA% |
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Jamaica | 34.2% (1992 est.) | 34% (1992 est.) |
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Laos | 40% (2002 est.) | 40% (2001 est.) |
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Lesotho | 49% (1999) | 49% (1999 est.) |
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Madagascar | 71% (1999 est.) | 70% (1994 est.) |
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Malawi | 54% (FY 90/91 est.) | 54% (FY90/91 est. ) |
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Mali | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.) | 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 76% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.) |
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Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% | NA% |
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Namibia | 50% (2002 est.) | NA% |
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Nepal | 42% (1995-96) | 42% (FY95/96 est. ) |
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Nigeria | 60% (2000 est.) | 45% (2000 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea | 37% (2002 est.) | 37% |
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Poland | 18.4% (2000 est.) | 18% (2000 est.) |
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Romania | 44.5% (2000) | 45% (2000) |
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Russia | 25% (37622 est.) | 40% (1999 est.) |
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Rwanda | 60% (2001 est.) | 70% (2000 est.) |
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Suriname | 70% (2002 est.) | NA% |
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Swaziland | 40% (1995) | NA% |
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Tajikistan | 60% (2001 est.) | 80% (2001 est.) |
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Tanzania | 36% (2002 est.) | 51% (1991 est.) |
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Thailand | 12.5% (1998 est.) | 13% (1998 est.) |
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Turkmenistan | 34.4% (2001 est.) | 34% (2001 est.) |
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United States | 12.7% (2001 est.) | 13% (2001 est.) |
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Venezuela | 47% (1998 est.) | 67% (1997 est.) |
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West Bank | 60% (2002 est.) | 50% (2001 est.) |
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Zambia | 86% (1993) | 86% (1993 est.) |
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Zimbabwe | 70% (2002 est.) | 60% (1999 est.) |