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DEFINITION:
Population below line - proportion receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Nigeria | 90.8% | 2000 | |
2 | Mali | 90.6% | 2000 | |
3 | Zambia | 87.4% | 2000 | |
4 | India | 86.2% | 2000 | |
5 | Burkina Faso | 85.8% | 2000 | |
6 | Niger | 85.3% | 2000 | |
=7 | Pakistan | 84.6% | 2000 | |
=7 | Rwanda | 84.6% | 2000 | |
9 | Central African Republic | 84% | 2000 | |
10 | Madagascar | 83.3% | 2000 | |
11 | The Gambia | 82.9% | 2000 | |
12 | Nepal | 82.5% | 2000 | |
13 | Ghana | 78.5% | 2000 | |
14 | Mozambique | 78.4% | 2000 | |
15 | Bangladesh | 77.8% | 2000 | |
16 | Ethiopia | 76.4% | 2000 | |
17 | Sierra Leone | 74.5% | 2000 | |
18 | Laos | 73.2% | 2000 | |
19 | Mauritania | 68.7% | 2000 | |
20 | Senegal | 67.8% | 2000 | |
21 | Lesotho | 65.7% | 2000 | |
22 | Cameroon | 64.4% | 2000 | |
23 | Zimbabwe | 64.2% | 2000 | |
24 | Kenya | 62.3% | 2000 | |
25 | Botswana | 61.4% | 2000 | |
26 | Namibia | 55.8% | 2000 | |
27 | Indonesia | 55.3% | 2000 | |
28 | Egypt | 52.7% | 2000 | |
29 | China | 52.6% | 2000 | |
30 | Ecuador | 52.3% | 2000 | |
31 | Mongolia | 50% | 2000 | |
32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 49.4% | 2000 | |
33 | Paraguay | 49.3% | 2000 | |
34 | Venezuela | 47% | 2000 | |
35 | Sri Lanka | 45.4% | 2000 | |
36 | Yemen | 45.2% | 2000 | |
37 | Honduras | 45.1% | 2000 | |
38 | El Salvador | 44.5% | 2000 | |
39 | Peru | 41.4% | 2000 | |
40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39% | 2000 | |
41 | Mexico | 37.7% | 2000 | |
42 | Colombia | 36% | 2000 | |
43 | South Africa | 35.8% | 2000 | |
44 | Bolivia | 34.3% | 2000 | |
45 | Guatemala | 33.8% | 2000 | |
46 | Panama | 29% | 2000 | |
47 | Thailand | 28.2% | 2000 | |
48 | Brazil | 26.5% | 2000 | |
49 | Costa Rica | 26% | 2000 | |
50 | Jamaica | 25.2% | 2000 | |
51 | Turkey | 18% | 2000 | |
52 | Dominican Republic | 16% | 2000 | |
53 | Algeria | 15.1% | 2000 | |
54 | Tunisia | 10% | 2000 | |
55 | Chile | 8.7% | 2000 | |
56 | Morocco | 7.5% | 2000 | |
57 | Jordan | 7.4% | 2000 | |
58 | Uruguay | 6.6% | 2000 | |
59 | South Korea | 2% | 2000 |
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Interesting observations about Economy > Poverty > Population under $2 a day
- All of the top 2 countries by poverty > population under $2 a day are Muslim.
- All of the top 2 countries by poverty > population under $2 a day are Hot countries.
- Ecuador ranked first for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2000.
- India ranked first for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
- Nigeria ranked first for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2000.
- Mali ranked first for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Former French colonies in 2000.
- Bangladesh ranked last for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst South Asia in 2000.
- Brazil ranked 6th last for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2000.
- Zambia ranked first for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Christian countries in 2000.
- Jamaica ranked second last for poverty > population under $2 a day amongst Former British colonies in 2000.