Table 2.5 | Poverty
             
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National poverty line
  


Population below the poverty line
Population below the poverty line
Survey year Rural
%		 Urban
%		 National
%
Survey year Rural
%		 Urban
%		 National
%

International poverty line
   
Survey year Population below
$1 a day
%		 Poverty gap at
$1 a day
%		 Population below
$2 a day
%		 Poverty gap at
$2 a day
%
Afghanistan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Albania 2002 29.6 19.8 25.4 .. .. .. 2002 a <2 <0.5 11.8 2.0
Algeria 1995 30.3 14.7 22.6 1998 16.6 7.3 12.2 1995 a <2 <0.5 15.1 3.8
Angola .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Argentina 1995 .. 28.4 1998 29.9 2001 b 3.3 0.5 14.3 4.7
Armenia 1998-99 50.8 58.3 55.1 2001 48.7 51.9 50.9 1998 a 12.8 3.3 49.0 17.3
Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Austria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Azerbaijan 1995 .. .. 68.1 2001 42.0 55.0 49.0 2001 a 3.7 0.6 9.1 3.5
Bangladesh 1995-96 55.2 29.4 51.0 2000 53.0 36.6 49.8 2000 a 36.0 8.1 82.8 36.3
Belarus 2000 .. .. 41.9 2000 a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Belgium .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Benin 1995 25.2 28.5 26.5 1999 33.0 23.3 29.0 .. .. .. ..
Bolivia 1997 77.3 53.8 63.2 1999 81.7 50.6 62.7 1999 a 14.4 5.4 34.3 14.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-02 19.9 13.8 19.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Botswana .. .. .. .. .. .. 1993 a 30.7 12.7 55.7 28.5
Brazil 1996 54.0 15.4 23.9 1998 51.4 14.7 22.0 2001 b 8.2 2.1 22.4 8.8
Bulgaria 1997 .. .. 36.0 2001 .. .. 12.8 2001 a 4.7 1.4 16.2 5.7
Burkina Faso 1994 51.0 10.4 44.5 1998 51.0 16.5 45.3 1998 a 44.9 14.4 81.0 40.6
Burundi 1990 36.0 43.0 36.4 .. .. .. 1998 a 54.6 22.7 87.6 48.9
Cambodia 1997 40.1 21.1 36.1 1999 40.1 13.9 35.9 1997 a 34.1 9.7 77.7 34.5
Cameroon 1996 59.6 41.4 53.3 2001 49.9 22.1 40.2 2001 a 17.1 4.1 50.6 19.3
Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Central African Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. 1993 a 66.6 38.1 84.0 58.4
Chad 1995-96 67.0 63.0 64.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Chile 1996 .. .. 19.9 1998 .. .. 17.0 2000 b <2 <0.5 9.6 2.5
China 1996 7.9 <2 6.0 1998 4.6 <2 4.6 2001 a 16.6 3.9 46.7 18.4
Hong Kong, China .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Colombia 1995 79.0 48.0 60.0 1999 79.0 55.0 64.0 1999 b 8.2 2.2 22.6 8.8
Congo, Dem. Rep. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Congo, Rep. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Costa Rica 1992 25.5 19.2 22.0 .. .. .. 2000 b 2.0 0.7 9.5 3.0
Côte d'Ivoire .. .. 2002 a 10.8 1.9 38.4 13.6
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. 2001 a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Cuba .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. 1996 b <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Denmark .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dominican Republic 1992 49.0 19.3 33.9 1998 42.1 20.5 28.6 1998 b <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Ecuador 1994 47.0 25.0 35.0 .. .. .. 1998 b 17.7 7.1 40.8 17.7
Egypt, Arab Rep. 1995-96 23.3 22.5 22.9 1999-00 .. .. 16.7 1999-2000 a 3.1 <0.5 43.9 11.3
El Salvador 1992 55.7 43.1 48.3 .. .. .. 2000 b 31.1 14.1 58.0 29.7
Eritrea 1993-94 .. .. 53.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Estonia 1995 14.7 6.8 8.9 .. .. .. 1998 a <2 <0.5 5.2 0.8
Ethiopia 1995-96 47.0 33.3 45.5 1999-00 45.0 37.0 44.2 1999-2000 a 23.0 4.8 77.8 29.6
Finland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
France .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Gabon .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Gambia, The 1992 .. .. 64.0 1998 61.0 48.0 57.6 1998 a 59.3 28.8 82.9 51.1
Georgia 1997 9.9 12.1 11.1 .. .. .. 2001 a 2.7 0.9 15.7 4.6
Germany .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ghana 1992 .. .. 50.0 1998-99 49.9 18.6 39.5 1998-99 a 44.8 17.3 78.5 40.8
Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Guatemala 1989 71.9 33.7 57.9 2000 74.5 27.1 56.2 2000 b 16.0 4.6 37.4 16.0
Guinea 1994 .. .. 40.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Guinea-Bissau .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Haiti 1987 .. .. 65.0 1995 66.0 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Honduras 1992 46.0 56.0 50.0 1993 51.0 57.0 53.0 1999 b 20.7 7.5 44.0 20.2
Hungary 1993 .. .. 14.5 1997 .. .. 17.3 2002 a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
India 1993-94 37.3 32.4 36.0 1999-00 30.2 24.7 28.6 1999-2000 a 34.7 8.2 79.9 35.3
Indonesia 1996 .. .. 15.7 1999 27.1 2002 a 7.5 0.9 52.4 15.7
Iran, Islamic Rep. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1998 a <2 <0.5 7.3 1.5
Iraq .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ireland ..