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DEFINITION:
Percentage living standards count for in the country's total Multidimensional Poverty Index (UN). For instance, poor living standards are only 27% of Senegal's poverty issues, while the remaining 73% is for health and education. Cross country comparisons based off these numbers aren't an accurate telling of how poor living standards are between countries, but rather how much of an issue poor living standards are in each country.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 60.6% | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Lesotho | 59.2% | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Nicaragua | 58.5% | 2007 | ||
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 58.3% | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Kenya | 57.2% | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.9% | 2010 | ||
| 7 | Mongolia | 56.6% | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 56.3% | 2011 | ||
| 9 | Tanzania | 55.3% | 2010 | ||
| 10 | Zambia | 54.7% | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Chad | 54.5% | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Namibia | 53.9% | 2007 | ||
| 13 | Swaziland | 53.4% | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Malawi | 53.3% | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Vanuatu | 53% | 2007 | ||
| 16 | Bolivia | 52.6% | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Haiti | 51.5% | 2006 | ||
| 18 | Uganda | 50.4% | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Cameroon | 49.8% | 2004 | ||
| 20 | Rwanda | 49.6% | 2010 | ||
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 49.2% | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Madagascar | 49.1% | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Ghana | 48.4% | 2008 | ||
| 24 | East Timor | 47.7% | 2010 | ||
| 25 | Somalia | 47.2% | 2006 | ||
| 26 | Bangladesh | 46.8% | 2007 | ||
| =27 | Ethiopia | 46.5% | 2011 | ||
| =27 | Mauritania | 46.5% | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Togo | 46.3% | 2006 | ||
| 30 | Burundi | 46.1% | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Paraguay | 45.9% | 2003 | ||
| 32 | Liberia | 45.3% | 2007 | ||
| 33 | Argentina | 45.2% | 2005 | ||
| =34 | Cambodia | 45.1% | 2010 | ||
| =34 | Suriname | 45.1% | 2006 | ||
| 36 | Nepal | 44.4% | 2011 | ||
| =37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.6% | 2009 | ||
| =37 | Honduras | 43.6% | 2006 | ||
| 39 | Niger | 43.2% | 2006 | ||
| 40 | Georgia | 43% | 2005 | ||
| 41 | India | 42.5% | 2006 | ||
| 42 | Vietnam | 42.1% | 2011 | ||
| 43 | South Africa | 42% | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Guinea | 41.5% | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Belize | 41.4% | 2006 | ||
| 46 | Benin | 41.3% | 2006 | ||
| 47 | Moldova | 41.1% | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Nigeria | 40.8% | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Mozambique | 39.9% | 2009 | ||
| 50 | Mali | 39.3% | 2006 | ||
| 51 | Laos | 39% | 2006 | ||
| 52 | Bhutan | 38.4% | 2010 | ||
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 38.2% | 2007 | ||
| 54 | Mexico | 37.5% | 2006 | ||
| 55 | Djibouti | 37.1% | 2006 | ||
| 56 | Morocco | 37% | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Tajikistan | 36.3% | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 35.9% | 2010 | ||
| 59 | Gambia | 35.8% | 2006 | ||
| 60 | Colombia | 34.7% | 2010 | ||
| 61 | Indonesia | 33.8% | 2007 | ||
| 62 | Guatemala | 32.8% | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Yemen | 32.4% | 2006 | ||
| 64 | Guyana | 32.2% | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Pakistan | 31.2% | 2007 | ||
| 66 | Serbia | 29.4% | 2006 | ||
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.3% | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 28.7% | 2006 | ||
| 69 | Thailand | 28.1% | 2006 | ||
| 70 | Philippines | 27.7% | 2008 | ||
| =71 | Senegal | 27.6% | 2011 | ||
| =71 | Tunisia | 27.6% | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Republic of Macedonia | 27.3% | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.4% | 2006 | ||
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 26.2% | 2006 | ||
| 76 | China | 25.2% | 2002 | ||
| 77 | Albania | 23% | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Belarus | 21.7% | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 21.1% | 2006 | ||
| 80 | Brazil | 20.7% | 2006 | ||
| 81 | Iraq | 20.4% | 2006 | ||
| 82 | Turkey | 19.2% | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19% | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Ecuador | 18.1% | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Montenegro | 14.9% | 2006 | ||
| 86 | Egypt | 14.5% | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Russia | 13.3% | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Latvia | 12% | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Syria | 11.8% | 2006 | ||
| 90 | Palestine | 10.8% | 2007 | ||
| 91 | Armenia | 9.4% | 2010 | ||
| 92 | Croatia | 8.3% | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Maldives | 5.3% | 2009 | ||
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 5.2% | 2003 | ||
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.4% | 2006 | ||
| 97 | Ukraine | 4.2% | 2007 | ||
| 98 | Uruguay | 3.4% | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Jordan | 3.1% | 2009 | ||
| 100 | Hungary | 2.7% | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Czech Republic | 0.1% | 2003 | ||
| =102 | Slovakia | 0.0 | 2003 | ||
| =102 | Slovenia | 0.0 | 2003 |
