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Field Listing - Population below poverty line

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Country	Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan	NA%
Albania	30% (2001 est.)
Algeria	23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa	NA%
Andorra	NA%
Angola	NA%
Anguilla	NA%
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%
Argentina	37% (2001 est.)
Armenia	50% (2002 est.)
Aruba	NA%
Australia	NA%
Austria	NA%
Azerbaijan	49% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The	NA%
Bahrain	NA%
Bangladesh	35.6% (FY 95/96 est.)
Barbados	NA%
Belarus	22% (1995 est.)
Belgium	4%
Belize	33% (1999 est.)
Benin	37% (2001 est.)
Bermuda	NA%
Bhutan	NA%
Bolivia	70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA%
Botswana	47%
Brazil	22% (1998 est.)
British Virgin Islands	NA%
Brunei	NA%
Bulgaria	12.6% (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso	45% (2001 est.)
Burma	25% (2000 est.)
Burundi	70% (2002 est.)
Cambodia	36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon	48% (2000 est.)
Canada	NA%
Cape Verde	30% (2000)
Cayman Islands	NA%
Central African Republic	NA%
Chad	80% (2001 est.)
Chile	21% (1998 est.)
China	10% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island	NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA%
Colombia	55% (2001)
Comoros	60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%
Congo, Republic of the	NA%
Cook Islands	NA%
Costa Rica	20.6% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire	37% (1995)
Croatia	NA%
Cuba	NA%
Cyprus	NA%
Czech Republic	NA%
Denmark	NA%
Djibouti	50% (2001 est.)
Dominica	30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic	25%
East Timor	42% (2002 est.)
Ecuador	70% (2001 est.)
Egypt	22.9% (FY 95/96 est.)
El Salvador	48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea	NA%
Eritrea	53% (1993/94)
Estonia	NA% (2000)
Ethiopia	45% (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%
Fiji	25.5% (1990-91)
Finland	NA%
France	6.4% (1999)
French Guiana	NA%
French Polynesia	NA%
Gabon	NA%
Gambia, The	NA%
Gaza Strip	60% (2002 est.)
Georgia	54% (2001 est.)
Germany	NA%
Ghana	31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar	NA%
Greece	NA%
Greenland	NA%
Grenada	32% (2000)
Guadeloupe	NA%
Guam	23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala	75% (2002 est.)
Guernsey	NA%
Guinea	40% (1994 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	NA%
Guyana	NA%
Haiti	80% (2002 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA%
Honduras	53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong	NA%
Hungary	8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland	NA%
India	25% (2002 est.)
Indonesia	27% (1999)
Iran	40% (2002 est.)
Iraq	NA
Ireland	10% (1997 est.)
Israel	18% (2001 est.)
Italy	NA%
Jamaica	34.2% (1992 est.)
Japan	NA%
Jersey	NA%
Jordan	30% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan	26% (2001 est.)
Kenya	50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati	NA%
Korea, North	NA%
Korea, South	4% (2001 est.)
Kuwait	NA%
Kyrgyzstan	55% (2001 est.)
Laos	40% (2002 est.)
Latvia	NA%
Lebanon	28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho	49% (1999)
Liberia	80%
Libya	NA%
Liechtenstein	NA%
Lithuania	NA%
Luxembourg	NA%
Macau	NA%
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	24% (2001 est.)
Madagascar	71% (1999 est.)
Malawi	54% (FY 90/91 est.)
Malaysia	8% (1998 est.)
Maldives	NA%
Mali	64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
Malta	NA%
Man, Isle of	NA%
Marshall Islands	NA%
Martinique	NA%
Mauritania	50% (2001 est.)
Mauritius	10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte	NA%
Mexico	40% (2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7%
Moldova	80% (2001 est.)
Monaco	NA%
Mongolia	36% (2001 est.)
Montserrat	NA%
Morocco	19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique	70% (2001 est.)
Namibia	50% (2002 est.)
Nauru	NA%
Nepal	42% (1995-96)
Netherlands	NA%
Netherlands Antilles	NA%
New Caledonia	NA%
New Zealand	NA%
Nicaragua	50% (2001 est.)
Niger	63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria	60% (2000 est.)
Niue	NA%
Norfolk Island	NA%
Northern Mariana Islands	NA%
Norway	NA%
Oman	NA%
Pakistan	35% (2001 est.)
Palau	NA%
Panama	37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea	37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay	36% (2001 est.)
Peru	50% (2000 est.)
Philippines	40% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	NA%
Poland	18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal	NA%
Puerto Rico	NA%
Qatar	NA%
Reunion	NA%
Romania	44.5% (2000)
Russia	25% (37622 est.)
Rwanda	60% (2001 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	54% (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	30%
Seychelles	NA%
Sierra Leone	68% (1989 est.)
Singapore	NA%
Slovakia	NA%
Slovenia	NA%
Solomon Islands	NA%
Somalia	NA%
South Africa	50% (2000 est.)
Spain	NA%
Sri Lanka	22% (1997 est.)
Sudan	NA%
Suriname	70% (2002 est.)
Svalbard	NA%
Swaziland	40% (1995)
Sweden	NA%
Switzerland	NA%
Syria	15%-25%
Taiwan	1% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan	60% (2001 est.)
Tanzania	36% (2002 est.)
Thailand	12.5% (1998 est.)
Togo	32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau	NA%
Tonga	NA%
Trinidad and Tobago	21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia	6% (2000 est.)
Turkey	NA%
Turkmenistan	34.4% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA%
Tuvalu	NA%
Uganda	35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine	29% (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates	NA%
United Kingdom	17%
United States	12.7% (2001 est.)
Uruguay	6% (1997)
Uzbekistan	NA%
Vanuatu	NA%
Venezuela	47% (1998 est.)
Vietnam	37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands	NA%
Wallis and Futuna	NA%
West Bank	60% (2002 est.)
Western Sahara	NA%
Yemen	NA
Zambia	86% (1993)
Zimbabwe	70% (2002 est.)

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