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Economy Statistics > Population below poverty line (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Dominica: 422.066 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 2     São Tomé and Príncipe: 353.024 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 3     Grenada: 315.582 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 4     Bermuda: 305.805 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 5     Virgin Islands: 265.601 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 6     Micronesia, Federated States of: 249.318 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 7     Tonga: 205.267 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 8     Greenland: 163.283 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 9     Suriname: 158.849 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 10     Guam: 145.618 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 11     Belize: 126.32 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 12     Comoros: 106.452 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 13     Andorra: 96.821 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 14     Djibouti: 84.614 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 15     Cape Verde: 66.578 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 16     Swaziland: 61.27 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 17     Gaza Strip: 53.966 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 18     East Timor: 47.923 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 19     Maldives: 41.459 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 20     Bhutan: 34.002 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 21     Fiji: 29.878 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 22     Bahamas, The: 29.175 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 23     Lesotho: 27.619 % per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 24     Namibia: 27.471 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 25     Liberia: 26.097 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 26     West Bank: 18.139 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 27     Botswana: 17.104 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 28     Trinidad and Tobago: 16.089 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 29     Estonia: 15.066 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 30     Mongolia: 14.356 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 31     Macedonia, Republic of: 13.923 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 32     Mauritania: 13.421 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 33     Sierra Leone: 13.155 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 34     Eritrea: 11.816 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 35     Burundi: 9.973 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 36     Haiti: 9.653 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 37     Zambia: 9.46 % per 1 million people  1993 Time series
# 38     Chad: 9.406 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 39     Nicaragua: 9.322 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 40     Armenia: 8.812 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 41     Tajikistan: 8.479 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 42     Panama: 8.397 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 43     Togo: 8.318 % per 1 million people  1989 Time series
# 44     Uruguay: 8.27 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 45     Kyrgyzstan: 7.854 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 46     Moldova: 7.61 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 47     Lebanon: 7.515 % per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 48     Honduras: 7.193 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 49     Rwanda: 7.157 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 50     Georgia: 6.988 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 51     Niger: 6.77 % per 1 million people  1993 Time series
# 52     Papua New Guinea: 6.681 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 53     Bolivia: 6.421 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 54     Mauritius: 6.382 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 55     Turkmenistan: 6.295 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 56     Zimbabwe: 6.184 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 57     Slovenia: 6.126 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 58     Jamaica: 5.627 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 59     Paraguay: 5.425 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 60     Guinea: 5.109 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 61     Senegal: 5.095 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 62     United Arab Emirates: 4.826 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 63     Benin: 4.63 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 64     Guatemala: 4.571 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 65     Dominican Republic: 4.526 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 66     El Salvador: 4.391 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 67     Malawi: 4.362 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 68     Laos: 4.173 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 69     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.086 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 70     Slovakia: 3.904 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 71     Mozambique: 3.826 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 72     Croatia: 3.785 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 73     Israel: 3.672 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 74     Costa Rica: 3.646 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 75     Burkina Faso: 3.619 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 76     Albania: 3.453 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 77     Cameroon: 3.231 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 78     Bulgaria: 3.002 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 79     Azerbaijan: 2.861 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 80     Jordan: 2.819 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 81     Madagascar: 2.76 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 82     Belarus: 2.745 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 83     Mali: 2.67 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 84     Angola: 2.471 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 85     Ecuador: 2.314 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 86     Yemen: 2.294 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 87     Côte d'Ivoire: 2.274 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 88     Cambodia: 2.215 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 89     Denmark: 2.213 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 90     Afghanistan: 1.846 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 91     Portugal: 1.7 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 92     Ireland: 1.683 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 93     Kenya: 1.629 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 94     Peru: 1.569 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 95     Belgium: 1.463 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 96     Venezuela: 1.403 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 97     Uganda: 1.394 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 98     Libya: 1.264 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 99     Ghana: 1.243 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 100     Serbia and Montenegro: 1.204 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 101     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1.197 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 102     Lithuania: 1.158 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 103     Romania: 1.156 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 104     South Africa: 1.136 % per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 105     Sudan: 1.126 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 106     Chile: 1.117 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 107     Colombia: 1.095 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 108     Sri Lanka: 1.089 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 109     Tanzania: 1.011 % per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 110     Uzbekistan: 0.951 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 111     Kazakhstan: 0.903 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 112     Iraq: 0.886 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 113     Switzerland: 0.877 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 114     Nepal: 0.837 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 115     Ukraine: 0.788 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 116     Argentina: 0.748 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 117     Tunisia: 0.738 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 118     Austria: 0.731 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
= 119     Burma: 0.69 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
= 119     Algeria: 0.69 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 121     Netherlands: 0.643 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 122     Syria: 0.61 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 123     Ethiopia: 0.543 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 124     Nigeria: 0.518 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 125     Spain: 0.456 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 126     Poland: 0.445 % per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 127     Morocco: 0.444 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 128     Philippines: 0.389 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 129     Bangladesh: 0.323 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 130     Korea, South: 0.31 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 131     Canada: 0.283 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 132     Iran: 0.275 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 133     Egypt: 0.27 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 134     Turkey: 0.238 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 135     United Kingdom: 0.232 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 136     Malaysia: 0.205 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 137     Vietnam: 0.174 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 138     Mexico: 0.166 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 139     Pakistan: 0.154 % per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 140     Thailand: 0.148 % per 1 million people  2006 Time series
# 141     Germany: 0.134 % per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 142     Brazil: 0.132 % per 1 million people  2008 Time series
# 143     Japan: 0.123 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 144     Russia: 0.112 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 145     France: 0.102 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 146     Indonesia: 0.056 % per 1 million people  2010 Time series
# 147     Taiwan: 0.042 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 148     United States: 0.041 % per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 149     India: 0.022 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
# 150     China: 0.002 % per 1 million people  2007 Time series
Weighted average: 26.1 % per 1 million people  


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.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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"Population below poverty line (per capita) by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin_percap-below-poverty-line-per-capita

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