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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Zambia: 86 %   1993 Time series
= 2     Zimbabwe: 80 %   2004 Time series
= 2     Chad: 80 %   2001 Time series
= 2     Haiti: 80 %   2003 Time series
= 2     Gaza Strip: 80 %   2007 Time series
= 2     Liberia: 80 %   2000 Time series
# 7     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 71 %   2006 Time series
# 8     Sierra Leone: 70.2 %   2004 Time series
= 9     Suriname: 70 %   2002 Time series
= 9     Nigeria: 70 %   2007 Time series
= 9     Mozambique: 70 %   2001 Time series
# 12     Swaziland: 69 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Burundi: 68 %   2002 Time series
# 14     Honduras: 65 %   2010 Time series
# 15     Niger: 63 %   1993 Time series
= 16     Comoros: 60 %   2002 Time series
= 16     Rwanda: 60 %   2001 Time series
# 18     Guatemala: 56.2 %   2004 Time series
# 19     Namibia: 55.8 %   2005 Time series
# 20     Malawi: 55 %   2004 Time series
= 21     Senegal: 54 %   2001 Time series
= 21     São Tomé and Príncipe: 54 %   2004 Time series
# 23     Tajikistan: 53 %   2009 Time series
= 24     South Africa: 50 %   2000 Time series
= 24     Kenya: 50 %   2000 Time series
= 24     Madagascar: 50 %   2004 Time series
= 24     Eritrea: 50 %   2004 Time series
# 28     Lesotho: 49 %   1999 Time series
= 29     Nicaragua: 48 %   2005 Time series
= 29     Cameroon: 48 %   2000 Time series
# 31     Guinea: 47 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Burkina Faso: 46.4 %   2004 Time series
# 33     West Bank: 46 %   2007 Time series
# 34     Colombia: 45.5 %   2009 Time series
# 35     Yemen: 45.2 %   2003 Time series
# 36     Dominican Republic: 42.2 %   2004 Time series
= 37     Djibouti: 42 %   2007 Time series
= 37     East Timor: 42 %   2003 Time series
= 37     Côte d'Ivoire: 42 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Angola: 40.5 %   2006 Time series
= 41     Bangladesh: 40 %   2010 Time series
= 41     Mauritania: 40 %   2004 Time series
= 41     Kyrgyzstan: 40 %   2004 Time series
= 41     Sudan: 40 %   2004 Time series
# 45     Ethiopia: 38.7 %   2005 Time series
# 46     Venezuela: 37.9 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Benin: 37.4 %   2007 Time series
# 48     Papua New Guinea: 37 %   2002 Time series
= 49     Mongolia: 36.1 %   2004 Time series
= 49     Mali: 36.1 %   2005 Time series
= 51     Afghanistan: 36 %   2009 Time series
= 51     Tanzania: 36 %   2002 Time series
= 53     Ukraine: 35 %   2009 Time series
= 53     Uganda: 35 %   2001 Time series
# 55     Peru: 34.8 %   2009 Time series
# 56     Belize: 33.5 %   2010 Time series
# 57     Ecuador: 33.1 %   2010 Time series
# 58     Philippines: 32.9 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Burma: 32.7 %   2007 Time series
= 60     Grenada: 32 %   2000 Time series
= 60     Togo: 32 %   1989 Time series
= 62     Cambodia: 31 %   2007 Time series
= 62     Georgia: 31 %   2006 Time series
# 64     El Salvador: 30.7 %   2009 Time series
= 65     Bolivia: 30.3 %   2009 Time series
= 65     Botswana: 30.3 %   2003 Time series
= 67     Dominica: 30 %   2002 Time series
= 67     Turkmenistan: 30 %   2004 Time series
= 67     Argentina: 30 %   2010 Time series
= 67     Cape Verde: 30 %   2000 Time series
# 71     Virgin Islands: 28.9 %   2002 Time series
# 72     Macedonia, Republic of: 28.7 %   2008 Time series
# 73     Panama: 28.6 %   2010 Time series
# 74     Ghana: 28.5 %   2007 Time series
# 75     Lebanon: 28 %   1999 Time series
# 76     Uruguay: 27.4 %   2009 Time series
# 77     Belarus: 27.1 %   2003 Time series
# 78     Micronesia, Federated States of: 26.7 %   2000 Time series
# 79     Armenia: 26.5 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Moldova: 26.3 %   2009 Time series
= 81     Laos: 26 %   2010 Time series
= 81     Uzbekistan: 26 %   2008 Time series
= 81     Brazil: 26 %   2008 Time series
# 84     Fiji: 25.5 %   2006 Time series
= 85     India: 25 %   2007 Time series
= 85     Romania: 25 %   2005 Time series
= 85     Iraq: 25 %   2008 Time series
# 88     Nepal: 24.7 %   2008 Time series
= 89     Tonga: 24 %   2007 Time series
= 89     Pakistan: 24 %   2005 Time series
# 91     Israel: 23.6 %   2007 Time series
# 92     Bhutan: 23.2 %   2008 Time series
= 93     Guam: 23 %   2001 Time series
= 93     Sri Lanka: 23 %   2008 Time series
= 93     Algeria: 23 %   2006 Time series
= 93     Anguilla: 23 %   2002 Time series
# 97     Bulgaria: 21.8 %   2008 Time series
# 98     Slovakia: 21 %   2002 Time series
= 99     Egypt: 20 %   2005 Time series
= 99     Greece: 20 %   2009 Time series
# 101     Spain: 19.8 %   2005 Time series
# 102     Estonia: 19.7 %   2008 Time series
# 103     United Arab Emirates: 19.5 %   2003 Time series
# 104     Paraguay: 19.4 %   2009 Time series
# 105     Bermuda: 19 %   2000 Time series
# 106     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 18.6 %   2007 Time series
= 107     Chile: 18.2 %   2009 Time series
= 107     Mexico: 18.2 %   2008 Time series
= 109     Iran: 18 %   2007 Time series
= 109     Portugal: 18 %   2006 Time series
# 111     Turkey: 17.11 %   2008 Time series
= 112     Trinidad and Tobago: 17 %   2007 Time series
= 112     Croatia: 17 %   2008 Time series
= 112     Poland: 17 %   2003 Time series
= 115     Maldives: 16 %   2008 Time series
= 115     Costa Rica: 16 %   2006 Time series
# 117     Japan: 15.7 %   2007 Time series
# 118     Germany: 15.5 %   2010 Time series
# 119     Belgium: 15.2 %   2007 Time series
= 120     Morocco: 15 %   2007 Time series
= 120     Korea, South: 15 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Jamaica: 14.8 %   2003 Time series
# 123     Jordan: 14.2 %   2002 Time series
# 124     United Kingdom: 14 %   2006 Time series
# 125     Hungary: 13.9 %   2010 Time series
# 126     Indonesia: 13.33 %   2010 Time series
# 127     Russia: 13.1 %   2009 Time series
# 128     Albania: 12.5 %   2008 Time series
# 129     Slovenia: 12.3 %   2008 Time series
# 130     Denmark: 12.1 %   2007 Time series
# 131     United States: 12 %   2004 Time series
# 132     Syria: 11.9 %   2006 Time series
# 133     Azerbaijan: 11 %   2009 Time series
# 134     Vietnam: 10.6 %   2010 Time series
# 135     Netherlands: 10.5 %   2005 Time series
# 136     Thailand: 9.6 %   2006 Time series
# 137     Canada: 9.4 %   2008 Time series
# 138     Bahamas, The: 9.3 %   2004 Time series
# 139     Greenland: 9.2 %   2007 Time series
# 140     Serbia and Montenegro: 8.8 %   2010 Time series
# 141     Kazakhstan: 8.2 %   2009 Time series
= 142     Andorra: 8 %   2008 Time series
= 142     Mauritius: 8 %   2006 Time series
= 144     Tunisia: 7.4 %   2005 Time series
= 144     Libya: 7.4 %   2005 Time series
# 146     Switzerland: 6.9 %   2010 Time series
# 147     France: 6.2 %   2004 Time series
# 148     Austria: 6 %   2008 Time series
# 149     Ireland: 5.5 %   2009 Time series
# 150     Malaysia: 5.1 %   2007 Time series
# 151     Lithuania: 4 %   2003 Time series
# 152     China: 2.8 %   2007 Time series
# 153     Taiwan: 1.16 %   2010 Time series
Weighted average: 31.2 %  


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.

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

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"Population below poverty line by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/red/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin-economy-population-below-poverty-line&b_printable=1

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