Population below poverty line

This page shows the value of the Population below poverty line information field for all countries in the Country Guide.

Notes on this field are available at the Information Field Notes page.

Afghanistan

NA%

Albania

19.6% (1996 est.)

Algeria

23% (1999 est.)

American Samoa

NA%

Andorra

NA%

Angola

NA%

Anguilla

NA%

Antigua and Barbuda

NA%

Argentina

36% (1998 est.)

Armenia

45% (1999 est.)

Aruba

NA%

Australia

NA%

Austria

NA%

Azerbaijan

60% (1999 est.)

Bahamas, The

NA%

Bahrain

NA%

Bangladesh

35.6% (FY95/96 est.)

Barbados

NA%

Belarus

22% (1995 est.)

Belgium

Belize

NA%

Benin

33% (1995 est.)

Bermuda

NA%

Bhutan

NA%

Bolivia

70% (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Botswana

47% (1999 est.)

Brazil

17.4% (1990 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Brunei

NA%

Bulgaria

NA%

Burkina Faso

NA%

Burundi

36.2% (1990 est.)

Cambodia

36% (1997 est.)

Cameroon

40% (1984 est.)

Canada

NA%

Cape Verde

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Central African Republic

NA%

Chad

NA%

Chile

22% (1998 est.)

China

10% (1999 est.)

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA%

Colombia

17.7% (1992 est.)

Comoros

NA%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

NA%

Congo, Republic of the

NA%

Cook Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

NA%

Cote d'Ivoire

NA%

Croatia

NA%

Cuba

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Czech Republic

NA%

Denmark

NA%

Djibouti

NA%

Dominica

NA%

Dominican Republic

25% (1999 est.)

Ecuador

50% (1999 est.)

Egypt

NA%

El Salvador

48% (1999 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Eritrea

NA%

Estonia

6.3% (1994 est.)

Ethiopia

NA%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

Faroe Islands

NA%

Fiji

NA%

Finland

NA%

France

NA%

French Guiana

NA%

French Polynesia

NA%

Gabon

NA%

Gambia, The

NA%

Gaza Strip

NA%

Georgia

60% (1999 est.)

Germany

NA%

Ghana

31.4% (1992 est.)

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

NA%

Greenland

NA%

Grenada

NA%

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guam

NA%

Guatemala

75%

Guernsey

NA%

Guinea

NA%

Guinea-Bissau

50% (1991 est.)

Guyana

NA%

Haiti

80% (1998 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Honduras

50% (1992 est.)

Hong Kong

NA%

Hungary

25.3% (1993 est.)

Iceland

NA%

India

35% (1994 est.)

Indonesia

NA%

Iran

53% (1996 est.)

Iraq

NA%

Ireland

10% (1997 est.)

Israel

NA%

Italy

NA%

Jamaica

34.2% (1992 est.)

Japan

NA%

Jersey

NA%

Jordan

30% (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan

35% (1999 est.)

Kenya

42% (1992 est.)

Kiribati

NA%

Korea, North

NA%

Korea, South

NA%

Kuwait

NA%

Kyrgyzstan

40% (1993 est.)

Laos

46.1% (1993 est.)

Latvia

NA%

Lebanon

28% (1999 est.)

Lesotho

49.2% (1993 est.)

Liberia

80%

Libya

NA%

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

NA%

Luxembourg

NA%

Macau

NA%

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

NA%

Madagascar

NA%

Malawi

54% (1990-91 est.)

Malaysia

6.8% (1997 est.)

Maldives

NA%

Mali

NA%

Malta

NA%

Man, Isle of

NA%

Marshall Islands

NA%

Martinique

NA%

Mauritania

57% (1990 est.)

Mauritius

10.6% (1992 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Mexico

27% (1998 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of

NA%

Moldova

75% (1999 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Mongolia

40% (1999 est.)

Montserrat

NA%

Morocco

13.1% (1990-91 est.)

Mozambique

NA%

Myanmar

23% (1997 est.)

Namibia

NA%

Nauru

NA%

Nepal

42% (1995-96 est.)

Netherlands

NA%

Netherlands Antilles

NA%

New Caledonia

NA%

New Zealand

NA%

Nicaragua

50% (1999 est.)

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

34.1% (1992-93 est.)

Niue

NA%

Norfolk Island

NA%

Northern Mariana Islands

NA%

Norway

NA%

Oman

NA%

Pakistan

34% (1991 est.)

Palau

NA%

Panama

NA%

Papua New Guinea

NA%

Paraguay

32% (1997-98 est.)

Peru

54% (1991 est.)

Philippines

32% (1997 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Poland

23.8% (1993 est.)

Portugal

NA%

Puerto Rico

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Reunion

NA%

Romania

21.5% (1994 est.)

Russia

40% (1999 est.)

Rwanda

51.2% (1993 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

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Senegal

NA%

Serbia and Montenegro

NA%

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

68% (1989 est.)

Singapore

NA%

Slovakia

NA%

Slovenia

NA%

Solomon Islands

NA%

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

NA%

Spain

NA%

Sri Lanka

22% (1997 est.)

Sudan

NA%

Suriname

NA%

Svalbard

NA%

Swaziland

NA%

Sweden

NA%

Switzerland

NA%

Syria

15%-25%

Taiwan

1% (1999 est.)

Tajikistan

NA%

Tanzania

51.1% (1991 est.)

Thailand

12.5% (1998 est.)

Togo

32% (1987-89 est.)

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

NA%

Trinidad and Tobago

21% (1992 est.)

Tunisia

14.1% (1990 est.)

Turkey

NA%

Turkmenistan

NA%

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA%

Tuvalu

NA%

Uganda

55% (1993 est.)

Ukraine

50% (1999 est.)

United Arab Emirates

NA%

United Kingdom

17%

United States

12.7% (1999 est.)

Uruguay

NA%

Uzbekistan

NA%

Vanuatu

NA%

Venezuela

67% (1997 est.)

Vietnam

37% (1998 est.)

Virgin Islands

NA%

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

West Bank

NA%

Western Sahara

NA%

Yemen

NA%

Zambia

86% (1993 est.)

Zimbabwe

60% (1999 est.)