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SOURCE
Smeeding, Timothy M., Lee Rainwater and Gary Burtless. 2000. "United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context." In Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, eds., Understanding Poverty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation; and Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
DEFINITION
Population below line - proportion receiving less than $11 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
Economy Statistics > Population under $11 a day (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
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# 1
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Australia: |
17.6 |
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# 2
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United Kingdom: |
15.7 |
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# 3
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United States: |
13.6 |
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# 4
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France: |
9.9 |
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# 5
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Canada: |
7.4 |
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# 6
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Germany: |
7.3 |
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# 7
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Netherlands: |
7.1 |
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# 8
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Sweden: |
6.3 |
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# 9
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Finland: |
4.8 |
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# 10
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Norway: |
4.3 |
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# 11
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Luxembourg: |
0.3 |
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Weighted average: |
8.6 |
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DEFINITION: Population below line - proportion receiving less than $11 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
SOURCE: Smeeding, Timothy M., Lee Rainwater and Gary Burtless. 2000. "United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context." In Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, eds., Understanding Poverty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation; and Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
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