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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 capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Dominica | 422.07% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 353.02% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
3 | Grenada | 315.58% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
4 | Bermuda | 305.81% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
5 | Virgin Islands | 265.6% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
6 | Federated States of Micronesia | 249.32% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
7 | Tonga | 205.27% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
8 | Greenland | 163.28% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
9 | Suriname | 158.85% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
10 | Guam | 145.62% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
11 | Belize | 126.32% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
12 | Comoros | 106.45% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
13 | Andorra | 96.82% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
14 | Djibouti | 84.61% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
15 | Cape Verde | 66.58% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
16 | Swaziland | 61.27% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
17 | Gaza Strip | 53.97% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
18 | East Timor | 47.92% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
19 | Maldives | 41.46% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
20 | Bhutan | 34% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
21 | Fiji | 29.88% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
22 | The Bahamas | 29.18% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
23 | Lesotho | 27.62% per 1 million people | 1999 | ||
24 | Namibia | 27.47% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
25 | Liberia | 26.1% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
26 | West Bank | 18.14% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
27 | Botswana | 17.1% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.09% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
29 | Estonia | 15.07% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
30 | Mongolia | 14.36% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
31 | Mauritania | 13.42% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
32 | Sierra Leone | 13.15% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
33 | Eritrea | 11.82% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
34 | Burundi | 9.97% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
35 | Haiti | 9.65% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
36 | Zambia | 9.46% per 1 million people | 1993 | ||
37 | Chad | 9.41% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
38 | Nicaragua | 9.32% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
39 | Armenia | 8.81% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
40 | Tajikistan | 8.48% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
41 | Panama | 8.4% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
42 | Togo | 8.32% per 1 million people | 1989 | ||
43 | Uruguay | 8.27% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
44 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.85% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
45 | Moldova | 7.61% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
46 | Lebanon | 7.51% per 1 million people | 1999 | ||
47 | Honduras | 7.19% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
48 | Rwanda | 7.16% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
49 | Georgia | 6.99% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
50 | Niger | 6.77% per 1 million people | 1993 | ||
51 | Papua New Guinea | 6.68% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
52 | Bolivia | 6.42% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
53 | Mauritius | 6.38% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
54 | Turkmenistan | 6.29% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
55 | Zimbabwe | 6.18% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
56 | Slovenia | 6.13% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
57 | Jamaica | 5.63% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
58 | Paraguay | 5.42% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
59 | Guinea | 5.11% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
60 | Senegal | 5.09% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
61 | United Arab Emirates | 4.83% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
62 | Benin | 4.63% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
63 | Guatemala | 4.57% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
64 | Dominican Republic | 4.53% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
65 | El Salvador | 4.39% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
66 | Malawi | 4.36% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
67 | Laos | 4.17% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.09% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
69 | Slovakia | 3.9% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
70 | Mozambique | 3.83% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
71 | Croatia | 3.79% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
72 | Israel | 3.67% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
73 | Costa Rica | 3.65% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
74 | Burkina Faso | 3.62% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
75 | Albania | 3.45% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
76 | Cameroon | 3.23% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
77 | Bulgaria | 3% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
78 | Azerbaijan | 2.86% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
79 | Jordan | 2.82% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
80 | Madagascar | 2.76% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
81 | Belarus | 2.75% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
82 | Mali | 2.67% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
83 | Angola | 2.47% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
84 | Ecuador | 2.31% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
85 | Yemen | 2.29% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.27% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
87 | Cambodia | 2.21% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
88 | Denmark | 2.21% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
89 | Afghanistan | 1.85% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
90 | Portugal | 1.7% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
91 | Ireland | 1.68% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
92 | Kenya | 1.63% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
93 | Peru | 1.57% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
94 | Belgium | 1.46% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
95 | Venezuela | 1.4% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
96 | Uganda | 1.39% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
97 | Libya | 1.26% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
98 | Ghana | 1.24% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
99 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.2% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
100 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.2% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
101 | Lithuania | 1.16% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
102 | Romania | 1.16% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
103 | South Africa | 1.14% per 1 million people | 2000 | ||
104 | Sudan | 1.13% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
105 | Chile | 1.12% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
106 | Colombia | 1.09% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
107 | Sri Lanka | 1.09% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
108 | Tanzania | 1.01% per 1 million people | 2002 | ||
109 | Uzbekistan | 0.951% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
110 | Kazakhstan | 0.903% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
111 | Iraq | 0.886% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
112 | Switzerland | 0.877% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
113 | Nepal | 0.837% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
114 | Ukraine | 0.788% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
115 | Argentina | 0.748% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
116 | Tunisia | 0.738% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
117 | Austria | 0.731% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
=118 | Burma | 0.69% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
=118 | Algeria | 0.69% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
120 | Netherlands | 0.643% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
121 | Syria | 0.61% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
122 | Ethiopia | 0.543% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
123 | Nigeria | 0.518% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
124 | Spain | 0.456% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
125 | Poland | 0.445% per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
126 | Morocco | 0.444% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
127 | Philippines | 0.389% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
128 | Bangladesh | 0.323% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
129 | South Korea | 0.31% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
130 | Canada | 0.283% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
131 | Iran | 0.275% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
132 | Egypt | 0.27% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
133 | Turkey | 0.238% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
134 | United Kingdom | 0.232% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
135 | Malaysia | 0.205% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
136 | Vietnam | 0.174% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
137 | Mexico | 0.166% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
138 | Pakistan | 0.154% per 1 million people | 2005 | ||
139 | Thailand | 0.148% per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
140 | Germany | 0.134% per 1 million people | 2001 | ||
141 | Brazil | 0.132% per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
142 | Japan | 0.123% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
143 | Russia | 0.112% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
144 | France | 0.102% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
145 | Indonesia | 0.056% per 1 million people | 2010 | ||
146 | Taiwan | 0.042% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
147 | United States | 0.041% per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
148 | India | 0.022% per 1 million people | 2007 | ||
149 | China | 0.002% per 1 million people | 2007 |