National estimates of the percentage of the population falling 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.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Chad	80.00		2001 est.
2	.	Haiti	80.00		2003 est.
3	.	Liberia	80.00		2000 est.
4	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71.00		2006 est.
5	.	Sierra Leone	70.20		2004
6	.	Nigeria	70.00		2007 est.
7	.	Suriname	70.00		2002 est.
8	.	Swaziland	69.00		2006
9	.	Burundi	68.00		2002 est.
10	.	Zimbabwe	68.00		2004
11	.	Honduras	65.00		2010
12	.	Zambia	64.00		2006
13	.	Niger	63.00		1993 est.
14	.	Rwanda	60.00		2001 est.
15	.	Comoros	60.00		2002 est.
16	.	Namibia	55.80		2005 est.
17	.	Senegal	54.00		2001 est.
18	.	Sao Tome and Principe	54.00		2004 est.
19	.	Mozambique	54.00		2008 est.
20	.	Tajikistan	53.00		2009 est.
21	.	Malawi	53.00		2004
22	.	Guatemala	51.00		2006 est.
23	.	South Africa	50.00		2000 est.
24	.	Eritrea	50.00		2004 est.
25	.	Madagascar	50.00		2004 est.
26	.	Kenya	50.00		2000 est.
27	.	Lesotho	49.00		1999
28	.	Nicaragua	48.00		2005
29	.	Cameroon	48.00		2000 est.
30	.	Guinea	47.00		2006 est.
31	.	Burkina Faso	46.40		2004
32	.	Colombia	45.50		2009
33	.	Yemen	45.20		2003
34	.	Belize	43.00		2010 est.
35	.	Dominican Republic	42.20		2004
36	.	Timor-Leste	42.00		2003 est.
37	.	Cote d'Ivoire	42.00		2006 est.
38	.	Djibouti	42.00		2007 est.
39	.	Angola	40.50		2006 est.
40	.	Sudan	40.00		2004 est.
41	.	Mauritania	40.00		2004 est.
42	.	Kyrgyzstan	40.00		2004 est.
43	.	Ethiopia	38.70		FY05/06 est.
44	.	Gaza Strip	38.00		2010 est.
45	.	Venezuela	37.90		2005 est.
46	.	El Salvador	37.80		2009 est.
47	.	Benin	37.40		2007 est.
48	.	Papua New Guinea	37.00		2002 est.
49	.	Mongolia	36.10		2004
50	.	Mali	36.10		2005 est.
51	.	Tanzania	36.00		2002 est.
52	.	Afghanistan	36.00		FY08/09
53	.	Ukraine	35.00		2009
54	.	Uganda	35.00		2001 est.
55	.	Peru	34.80		2009
56	.	Ecuador	33.10		Jun 2010
57	.	Philippines	32.90		2006 est.
58	.	Burma	32.70		2007 est.
59	.	Togo	32.00		1989 est.
60	.	Grenada	32.00		2000
61	.	Bangladesh	31.50		2010 est.
62	.	Cambodia	31.00		2007 est.
63	.	Georgia	31.00		2006
64	.	Nepal	30.90		2011
65	.	Botswana	30.30		2003
66	.	Bolivia	30.30		2009 est.
67	.	Cape Verde	30.00		2000
68	.	Dominica	30.00		2002 est.
69	.	Turkmenistan	30.00		2004 est.
70	.	Kosovo	30.00		2010 est.
71	.	Argentina	30.00		2010
72	.	Virgin Islands	28.90		2002
73	.	Macedonia	28.70		2008
74	.	Ghana	28.50		2007 est.
75	.	Lebanon	28.00		1999 est.
76	.	Belarus	27.10		2003 est.
77	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.70		2000
78	.	Armenia	26.50		2006 est.
79	.	Moldova	26.30		2009
80	.	Brazil	26.00		2008
81	.	Uzbekistan	26.00		2008 est.
82	.	Laos	26.00		2010 est.
83	.	Panama	25.60		2010 est.
84	.	Fiji	25.50		FY90/91
85	.	Romania	25.00		2005 est.
86	.	India	25.00		2007 est.
87	.	Iraq	25.00		2008 est.
88	.	Pakistan	24.00		FY05/06 est.
89	.	Tonga	24.00		FY03/04
90	.	Israel	23.60		2007
91	.	Bhutan	23.20		2008
92	.	Sri Lanka	23.00		2008 est.
93	.	Anguilla	23.00		2002
94	.	Algeria	23.00		2006 est.
95	.	Bulgaria	21.80		2008
96	.	Slovakia	21.00		2002
97	.	Uruguay	20.90		2009
98	.	Egypt	20.00		2005 est.
99	.	Greece	20.00		2009 est.
100	.	Spain	19.80		2005
101	.	Estonia	19.70		2008
102	.	United Arab Emirates	19.50		2003
103	.	Bermuda	19.00		2000
104	.	Paraguay	18.80		2009 est.
105	.	Iran	18.70		2007 est.
106	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.60		2007 est.
107	.	West Bank	18.30		2010 est.
108	.	Mexico	18.20		2008
109	.	Portugal	18.00		2006
110	.	Poland	17.00		2003 est.
111	.	Trinidad and Tobago	17.00		2007 est.
112	.	Croatia	17.00		2008
113	.	Turkey	16.90		2010
114	.	Jamaica	16.50		2009 est.
115	.	Costa Rica	16.00		2006 est.
116	.	Maldives	16.00		2008
117	.	Japan	15.70		NA
118	.	Germany	15.50		2010 est.
119	.	Belgium	15.20		2007 est.
120	.	United States	15.10		2010 est.
121	.	Morocco	15.00		2007 est.
122	.	Korea, South	15.00		2006 est.
123	.	Jordan	14.20		2002
124	.	United Kingdom	14.00		2006 est.
125	.	Hungary	13.90		2010
126	.	Indonesia	13.33		2010
127	.	Russia	13.10		2010
128	.	Albania	12.50		2008 est.
129	.	Slovenia	12.30		2008
130	.	Denmark	12.10		2007
131	.	Syria	11.90		2006 est.
132	.	Chile	11.50		2009
133	.	Azerbaijan	11.00		2009 est.
134	.	Vietnam	10.60		2010 est.
135	.	Netherlands	10.50		2005
136	.	Thailand	9.60		2006 est.
137	.	Canada	9.40		2008
138	.	Bahamas, The	9.30		2004
139	.	Greenland	9.20		2007 est.
140	.	Serbia	8.80		2010 est.
141	.	Kazakhstan	8.20		2009
142	.	Mauritius	8.00		2006 est.
143	.	Switzerland	6.90		2010
144	.	Montenegro	6.60		2010 est.
145	.	France	6.20		2004
146	.	Austria	6.00		2008
147	.	Ireland	5.50		2009 est.
148	.	Lithuania	4.00		2003
149	.	Tunisia	3.80		2005 est.
150	.	Malaysia	3.60		2007 est.
151	.	China	2.80		2007
152	.	Taiwan	1.16		2010 est.
153	.	Qatar	NA		NA
154	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
155	.	Palau	NA		NA
156	.	Niue	NA		NA
157	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
158	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
159	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
160	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
161	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
162	.	Norway	NA		NA
163	.	Oman	NA		NA
164	.	Samoa	NA		NA
165	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
166	.	Somalia	NA		NA
167	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
168	.	Singapore	NA		NA
169	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
170	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
171	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
172	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
173	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
174	.	San Marino	NA		NA
175	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
177	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
178	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
179	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
180	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
181	.	Sweden	NA		NA
182	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
183	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
185	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
186	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
187	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
188	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
189	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
190	.	Brunei	NA		NA
191	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
192	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
193	.	Czech Republic	NA		NA
194	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
195	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
196	.	Curacao	NA		NA
197	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
198	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
199	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
200	.	Cyprus	NA		NA
201	.	Cuba	NA		NA
202	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
203	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
204	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
205	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
206	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
207	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
208	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
209	.	Gabon	NA		NA
210	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
211	.	Finland	NA		NA
212	.	European Union	NA		NA
213	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
214	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
215	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
216	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
217	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
218	.	World	NA		NA
219	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
220	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
221	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
222	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
223	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
224	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
225	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
226	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
227	.	Malta	NA		NA
228	.	Monaco	NA		NA
229	.	Nauru	NA		NA
230	.	Guyana	NA		NA
231	.	Italy	NA		NA
232	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
233	.	Guam	NA		NA
234	.	Iceland	NA		NA
235	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
236	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
237	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
238	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
239	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
240	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
241	.	Libya	NA		NA
242	.	Jersey	NA		NA
243	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
244	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
245	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
246	.	Latvia	NA		NA
247	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
248	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
249	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
250	.	Macau	NA		NA
251	.	Aruba	NA		NA
252	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
253	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
254	.	Andorra	NA		NA
255	.	Australia	NA		NA
256	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
257	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
258	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
259	.	Barbados	NA		NA
260	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
261	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
262	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Population below poverty line(%) 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Population below poverty line(%) 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Population below poverty line(%) 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.