Economy > Population below poverty line > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 504,033.2% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 2 | Comoros | 238,888.4% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 3 | Liberia | 142,627.92% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 4 | East Timor | 125,111.71% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | 123,783.03% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 6 | Dominica | 119,030.14% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 7 | Burundi | 108,263.69% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 8 | Tonga | 107,647.65% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 9 | Djibouti | 87,348.83% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 10 | Eritrea | 78,737.13% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Gaza Strip | 78,125% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Grenada | 77,971.3% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 13 | Suriname | 73,621.59% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 65,518.2% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 15 | Cape Verde | 56,456.14% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 16 | Lesotho | 54,192.12% per $1 trillion of GD | 1999 | ||
| 17 | Bhutan | 51,910.93% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Chad | 46,801.58% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 19 | Niger | 39,213.68% per $1 trillion of GD | 1993 | ||
| 20 | Belize | 35,938.42% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 21 | West Bank | 35,294.12% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 22 | Rwanda | 35,237.32% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 23 | Tajikistan | 30,831.47% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 24 | Malawi | 28,904.27% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 25 | Maldives | 27,045.79% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 26 | Haiti | 26,667.58% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Zambia | 26,271.53% per $1 trillion of GD | 1993 | ||
| 28 | Swaziland | 26,057.43% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 29 | Mauritania | 25,842.11% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 30 | Togo | 23,651.93% per $1 trillion of GD | 1989 | ||
| 31 | Mongolia | 21,991.95% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 32 | Mozambique | 18,933.37% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 18,086.99% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 16,976.89% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Guinea | 14,168.56% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 36 | Benin | 13,913.57% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 12,363.59% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 38 | Senegal | 11,841.85% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 39 | Afghanistan | 11,560.23% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Virgin Islands | 11,560% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 41 | Madagascar | 11,457.78% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 42 | Laos | 10,653.43% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Moldova | 9,872.25% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Nicaragua | 9,773.89% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Fiji | 9,037.41% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 9,029.15% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 47 | Namibia | 9,022.53% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,310.58% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 49 | Cambodia | 7,599.12% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 50 | Mali | 6,804.49% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Honduras | 6,797.29% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 52 | Uganda | 6,160.62% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 53 | Bolivia | 5,374.87% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 54 | Cameroon | 4,764.25% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 55 | Nepal | 4,590.11% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 4,387.8% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 57 | Paraguay | 4,367% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Armenia | 4,136.93% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 59 | Yemen | 4,106.56% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 60 | Georgia | 4,105.87% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 61 | Kenya | 3,935.38% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 62 | Tanzania | 3,689.26% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 63 | Botswana | 3,659.45% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Ethiopia | 3,402.71% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Albania | 3,387.43% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 66 | Panama | 3,229.66% per $1 trillion of GD | 1999 | ||
| 67 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2,937.25% per $1 trillion of GD | 1999 | ||
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 2,743.14% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,686.3% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,402.2% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 2,287.03% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 72 | Guatemala | 2,051.16% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 73 | Sudan | 1,844.18% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 1,811.95% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Jamaica | 1,785.97% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 76 | El Salvador | 1,677.03% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 77 | Lebanon | 1,646.18% per $1 trillion of GD | 1999 | ||
| 78 | Belarus | 1,520.3% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 79 | Jordan | 1,481.91% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 80 | Uruguay | 1,419.12% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 1,330.41% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 82 | Nigeria | 1,304.81% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 83 | Mauritius | 1,240.61% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Ecuador | 938.72% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 85 | Angola | 919.76% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 86 | Slovakia | 856.54% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 87 | Bangladesh | 793.98% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 88 | Ukraine | 752% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Costa Rica | 722.51% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 90 | Bulgaria | 705.51% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Estonia | 521.24% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Peru | 477.11% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 440.31% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 94 | Vietnam | 430.49% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 95 | Colombia | 400.2% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Slovenia | 395.69% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 97 | South Africa | 376.29% per $1 trillion of GD | 2000 | ||
| 98 | Croatia | 371.51% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Morocco | 368.07% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Iran | 343.58% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 101 | Syria | 340.95% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 102 | Philippines | 281.36% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 103 | Tunisia | 257.99% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Romania | 252.92% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Egypt | 223% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 221.2% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 107 | Pakistan | 215.64% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Lithuania | 215.54% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 109 | Venezuela | 208.4% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 110 | Algeria | 200.48% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 111 | Libya | 177.6% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Israel | 174.99% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Chile | 153.06% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Argentina | 146.69% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 115 | Turkey | 108.76% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 116 | Portugal | 93.47% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 117 | Poland | 78.51% per $1 trillion of GD | 2003 | ||
| 118 | Malaysia | 53.59% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 119 | India | 49.22% per $1 trillion of GD | 2002 | ||
| 120 | Indonesia | 48.84% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 121 | Thailand | 46.55% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 122 | Brazil | 35.13% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Ireland | 34.69% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Russia | 30.08% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 125 | Austria | 20.05% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 126 | Spain | 17.61% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 127 | South Korea | 16.89% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 128 | Netherlands | 16.82% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Mexico | 16.45% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 130 | Canada | 9.7% per $1 trillion of GD | 2005 | ||
| 131 | United Kingdom | 5.97% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 132 | Germany | 5.82% per $1 trillion of GD | 2001 | ||
| 133 | France | 3.01% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 | ||
| 134 | China | 3% per $1 trillion of GD | 2006 | ||
| 135 | United States | 1.03% per $1 trillion of GD | 2004 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > Population below poverty line > Per $ GDP
- United States has ranked last for population below poverty line > per $ GDP since 2001.
- All of the top 2 countries by population below poverty line > per $ GDP are Sub-Saharan African.
- Nicaragua ranked first for population below poverty line > per $ GDP amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
- 6 of the top 8 countries by population below poverty line > per $ GDP are Christian.
- Ukraine ranked first for population below poverty line > per $ GDP amongst Emerging markets in 2003.
- 39 of the top 54 countries by population below poverty line > per $ GDP are Hot countries.
- East Timor ranked first for population below poverty line > per $ GDP amongst Catholic countries in 2003.
- Dominica ranked first for population below poverty line > per $ GDP amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2002.
- China ranked last for population below poverty line > per $ GDP amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2006.
- 5 of the bottom 6 countries by population below poverty line > per $ GDP are G7.