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 .. .. .. 2002a <2 <0.5 11.8 2.0
Algeria 1988 16.6 7.3 12.2 1995 30.3 14.7 22.6 1995a <2 <0.5 15.1 3.8
Angola   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Argentina 1995 .. 28.4   1998  .. 29.9  .. 2003b 7.0 2.0 23.0 8.4
Armenia 1998–99 50.8 58.3 55.1 2001 48.7 51.9 50.9 2003a <2 <0.5 31.1 7.1
Australia   .. .. .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Austria   .. .. .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Azerbaijan 1995 .. .. 68.1 2001 42.0 55.0 49.0 2002a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Bangladesh 1995–96 55.2 29.4 51.0 2000 53.0 36.6 49.8 2000a 36.0 8.1 82.8 36.3
Belarus 2000 .. .. 41.9    .. ..  ..  2002a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Belgium   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Benin 1995 25.2 28.5 26.5 1999 33.0 23.3 29.0 2003a 30.9 8.2 73.7 31.7
Bolivia 1997 77.3 53.8 63.2 1999 81.7 50.6 62.7 2002b 23.2 13.6 42.2 23.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001–02 19.9 13.8 19.5   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Botswana   .. .. ..     ..  ..  .. 1993a 23.5 7.7 50.1 22.8
Brazil 1996 54.0 15.4 23.9 1998 51.4 14.7 22.0 2003b 7.5 3.4 21.2 8.5
Bulgaria 1997 .. .. 36.0 2001 .. .. 12.8 2003a <2 <0.5 6.1 1.5
Burkina Faso 1998 61.1 22.4 54.6 2003 52.4 19.2 46.4 2003a 27.2 7.3 71.8 30.4
Burundi 1990 36.0 43.0 36.4   .. .. .. 1998a 54.6 22.7 87.6 48.9
Cambodia 1997 40.1 21.1 36.1 1999 40.1 13.9 35.9 1997a 34.1 9.7 77.7 34.5
Cameroon 1996 59.6 41.4 53.3 2001 49.9 22.1 40.2 2001a 17.1 4.1 50.6 19.3
Canada   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Central African Republic   .. .. ..   .. .. .. 1993a 66.6 38.1 84.0 58.4
Chad 1995–96 67.0 63.0 64.0   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Chile 1996 .. .. 19.9 1998 .. .. 17.0 2000b <2 <0.5 9.6 2.5
China 1996 7.9 <2 6.0 1998 4.6 <2 4.6 2001a 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 2003b 7.0 3.1 17.8 7.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Congo, Rep.   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Costa Rica 1992 25.5 19.2 22.0   .. .. .. 2001b 2.2 0.8 7.5 2.8
Cτte d’Ivoire   .. .. ..    ..  ..  ..  2002a 14.8 4.1 48.8 18.4
Croatia   .. .. ..   .. .. .. 2001a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Cuba   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Czech Republic   .. .. ..   .. .. .. 1996b <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
Denmark   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Dominican Republic 1992 49.0 19.3 33.9 1998 42.1 20.5 28.6 2003b 2.5 0.8 11.0 3.6
Ecuador 1995 56.0 19.0 34.0 1998 69.0 30.0 46.0 1998b 15.8 6.3 37.2 15.8
Egypt, Arab Rep. 1995–96 23.3 22.5 22.9 1999–2000 .. .. 16.7 1999–2000a 3.1 <0.5 43.9 11.3
El Salvador 1992 55.7 43.1 48.3   .. .. .. 2002b 19.0 9.3 40.6 17.7
Eritrea 1993–94 .. .. 53.0   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Estonia 1995 14.7 6.8 8.9   ..  ..  ..  2003a <2 <0.5 7.5 1.9
Ethiopia 1995–96 47.0 33.3 45.5 1999–2000 45.0 37.0 44.2 1999–2000a 23.0 4.8 77.8 29.6
Finland   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
France   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Gabon   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Gambia, The 1992  .. ..  64.0 1998 61.0 48.0 57.6 1998a 59.3 28.8 82.9 51.1
Georgia 2002 55.4 48.5 52.1 2003 52.7 56.2 54.5 2003a 6.5 2.1 25.3 8.6
Germany   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Ghana 1992 .. .. 50.0 1998–99 49.9 18.6 39.5 1998–99a 44.8 17.3 78.5 40.8
Greece   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Guatemala 1989 71.9 33.7 57.9 2000 74.5 27.1 56.2 2002b 13.5 5.5 31.9 13.8
Guinea 1994 .. .. 40.0   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Guinea-Bissau   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Haiti 1987 .. .. 65.0 1995 66.0 .. .. 2001b 53.9 26.6 78.0 47.4
Honduras 1997 58.0 35.0 47.0 1999 58.0 37.0 48.0 1999b 20.7 7.5 44.0 20.2
Hungary 1993 .. .. 14.5 1997 .. .. 17.3 2002a <2 <0.5 <2 <0.5
India 1993–94 37.3 32.4 36.0 1999–2000 30.2 24.7 28.6 1999–2000a 34.7 8.2 79.9 35.3
Indonesia 1996 .. .. 15.7 1999 34.4 16.1 27.1 2002a 7.5 0.9 52.4 15.7
Iran, Islamic Rep.   .. .. ..   .. .. .. 1998a <2 <0.5 7.3 1.5
Iraq   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Ireland   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Israel   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Italy   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Jamaica 1995 37.0 18.7 27.5 2000 25.1 12.8 18.7 2000a <2 <0.5 13.3 2.7
Japan   .. .. ..   .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Jordan 1991 .. .. 15.0 1997 .. .. 11.7 2002–03a <2 <0.5 7.0 1.5
Kazakhstan 1996 39.0 30.0 34.6   .. .. .. 2003a <2 <.5 16.0 3.8
Kenya 1994 47.0 29.0 40.0 1997 53.0 49.0 52.0