Population below poverty line (%)

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Bahamas, The: 9.3% (2010 est.)
Bahrain: NA%
Bangladesh: 31.5% (2010 est.)
Barbados: NA%
Belarus: 27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium: 15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize: 41% (2013 est.)
Benin: 37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda: 11% (2008 est.)
Bhutan: 12% (2012)
Bolivia: 45%
note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 18.6% (2007 est.)
Botswana: 30.3% (2003)
Brazil: 21.4%
note: official Brazilian data show 4.2% of the population being below the "extreme" poverty line in 2011 (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands: NA%
Brunei: NA%
Bulgaria: 21.8% (2008)
Burkina Faso: 46.7% (2009 est.)
Burma: 32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi: 68% (2002 est.)

Cabo Verde: 30% (2000)
Cambodia: 20% (2012 est.)
Cameroon: 48% (2000 est.)
Canada: 9.4%
note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008)
Cayman Islands: NA%
Central African Republic: NA%
Chad: 80% (2001 est.)
Chile: 15.1% (2009 est.)
China: 6.1%
note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $3,630)
(2013)
Colombia: 32.7% (2012 est.)
Comoros: 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 71% (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 46.5% (2011 est.)
Cook Islands: NA%
Costa Rica: 24.8% (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 42% (2006 est.)
Croatia: 21.1% (2011)
Cuba: NA%
Cyprus: NA%
Czech Republic: 9.8% (2011 est.)

Denmark: 13.4% (2011)
Djibouti: 18.8%
note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity (2012 est.)
Dominica: 29% (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic: 34.4% (2010 est.)

Iceland: NA%
note: 332,100 families (2011 est.)
India: 29.8% (2010 est.)
Indonesia: 11.7% (2012 est.)
Iran: 18.7% (2007 est.)
Iraq: 25% (2008 est.)
Ireland: 5.5% (2009)
Isle of Man: NA%
Israel: 21%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2012)
Italy: 29.9% (2012)

Laos: 22% (2013 est.)
Latvia: NA%
Lebanon: 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho: 49% (1999)
Liberia: 80% (2000 est.)
Libya: NA%
note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line
Liechtenstein: NA%
Lithuania: 4% (2008)
Luxembourg: NA%

Macau: NA%
Macedonia: 30.4% (2011)
Madagascar: 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi: 53% (2004)
Malaysia: 3.8% (2009 est.)
Maldives: 16% (2008)
Mali: 36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta: 15.1% (2012)
Marshall Islands: NA%
Mauritania: 40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius: 8% (2006 est.)
Mexico: 52.3%
note: based on food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 47% (2012 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 26.7% (2000)
Moldova: 21.9% (2010 est.)
Monaco: NA%
Mongolia: 29.8% (2011 est.)
Montenegro: 6.6% (2010 est.)
Montserrat: NA%
Morocco: 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique: 52% (2009 est.)

Namibia: 28.7%
note: the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day (2010 est.)
Nauru: NA%
Nepal: 25.2% (2011 est.)
Netherlands: 9.1% (2013 est.)
New Caledonia: NA%
New Zealand: NA%
Nicaragua: 42.5% (2009)
Niger: 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria: 70% (2010 est.)
Niue: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: NA%
Norway: NA%