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 by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
53	.	Afghanistan	36.00		FY08/09
251	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
134	.	Albania	12.50		2008 est.
95	.	Algeria	23.00		2006 est.
248	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
253	.	Andorra	NA		NA
42	.	Angola	40.50		2006 est.
94	.	Anguilla	23.00		2002
254	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
256	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
250	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
72	.	Argentina	30.00		2010
54	.	Armenia	35.80		2010 est.
252	.	Aruba	NA		NA
247	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
255	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
249	.	Australia	NA		NA
152	.	Austria	6.00		2008
137	.	Azerbaijan	11.00		2009 est.
141	.	Bahamas, The	9.30		2004
257	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
63	.	Bangladesh	31.51		2010 est.
262	.	Barbados	NA		NA
81	.	Belarus	27.10		2003 est.
121	.	Belgium	15.20		2007 est.
38	.	Belize	43.00		2010 est.
47	.	Benin	37.40		2007 est.
107	.	Bermuda	19.00		2000
92	.	Bhutan	23.20		2008
22	.	Bolivia	51.30		2009 est.
110	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.60		2007 est.
68	.	Botswana	30.30		2003
259	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
99	.	Brazil	21.40		2009 est.
261	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
260	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
258	.	Brunei	NA		NA
98	.	Bulgaria	21.80		2008
33	.	Burkina Faso	46.70		2009 est.
60	.	Burma	32.70		2007 est.
9	.	Burundi	68.00		2002 est.
65	.	Cambodia	31.00		2007 est.
30	.	Cameroon	48.00		2000 est.
140	.	Canada	9.40		2008
71	.	Cape Verde	30.00		2000
230	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
228	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
2	.	Chad	80.00		2001 est.
123	.	Chile	15.10		2009 est.
131	.	China	13.40		2011
231	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
229	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
227	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
48	.	Colombia	37.20		2010 est.
14	.	Comoros	60.00		2002 est.
4	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71.00		2006 est.
205	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
202	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
203	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
89	.	Costa Rica	24.20		2010 est.
39	.	Cote d'Ivoire	42.00		2006 est.
102	.	Croatia	20.60		2010
206	.	Cuba	NA		NA
201	.	Curacao	NA		NA
204	.	Cyprus	NA		NA
144	.	Czech Republic	9.00		2010 est.
130	.	Denmark	13.40		2011
200	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
40	.	Djibouti	42.00		2007 est.
76	.	Dominica	29.00		2009 est.
58	.	Dominican Republic	34.40		2010 est.
78	.	Ecuador	28.60		Dec 2011
103	.	Egypt	20.00		2005 est.
50	.	El Salvador	36.50		2010 est.
207	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
27	.	Eritrea	50.00		2004 est.
113	.	Estonia	17.50		2010
74	.	Ethiopia	29.20		FY09/10 est.
238	.	European Union	NA		NA
236	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
239	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
66	.	Fiji	31.00		2009 est.
233	.	Finland	NA		NA
151	.	France	6.20		2004
237	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
235	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
234	.	Gabon	NA		NA
29	.	Gambia, The	48.40		NA
45	.	Gaza Strip	38.00		2010 est.
139	.	Georgia	9.70		2010
120	.	Germany	15.50		2010 est.
79	.	Ghana	28.50		2007 est.
232	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
104	.	Greece	20.00		2009 est.
143	.	Greenland	9.20		2007 est.
46	.	Grenada	38.00		2008
93	.	Guam	23.00		2001 est.
19	.	Guatemala	54.00		2011 est.
242	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
31	.	Guinea	47.00		2006 est.
246	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
56	.	Guyana	35.00		2006
3	.	Haiti	80.00		2003 est.
244	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
243	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
15	.	Honduras	60.00		2010 est.
245	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
129	.	Hungary	13.90		2010
240	.	Iceland	NA		NA
73	.	India	29.80		2010 est.
241	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
133	.	Indonesia	12.50		2011 est.
108	.	Iran	18.70		2007 est.
87	.	Iraq	25.00		2008 est.
153	.	Ireland	5.50		2009
225	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
91	.	Israel	23.60		2007
223	.	Italy	NA		NA
117	.	Jamaica	16.50		2009 est.
226	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
119	.	Japan	16.00		2010
224	.	Jersey	NA		NA
127	.	Jordan	14.20		2002
146	.	Kazakhstan	8.20		2009 est.
26	.	Kenya	50.00		2000 est.
220	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
221	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
125	.	Korea, South	15.00		2006 est.
70	.	Kosovo	30.00		2010 est.
222	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
59	.	Kyrgyzstan	33.70		2011 est.
85	.	Laos	26.00		2010 est.
188	.	Latvia	NA		NA
80	.	Lebanon	28.00		1999 est.
28	.	Lesotho	49.00		1999
1	.	Liberia	80.00		2000 est.
190	.	Libya	NA		NA
189	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
154	.	Lithuania	4.00		2008
186	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
187	.	Macau	NA		NA
67	.	Macedonia	30.90		2010
25	.	Madagascar	50.00		2004 est.
20	.	Malawi	53.00		2004
156	.	Malaysia	3.80		2009 est.
118	.	Maldives	16.00		2008
51	.	Mali	36.10		2005 est.
192	.	Malta	NA		NA
191	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
43	.	Mauritania	40.00		2004 est.
148	.	Mauritius	8.00		2006 est.
198	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
21	.	Mexico	51.30		2010 est.
82	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.70		2000
97	.	Moldova	21.90		2010 est.
196	.	Monaco	NA		NA
44	.	Mongolia	39.20		2010 est.
150	.	Montenegro	6.60		2010 est.
193	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
124	.	Morocco	15.00		2007 est.
17	.	Mozambique	54.00		2008 est.
16	.	Namibia	55.80		2005 est.
199	.	Nauru	NA		NA
195	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
86	.	Nepal	25.20		2011 est.
138	.	Netherlands	10.50		2005
194	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
197	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
35	.	Nicaragua	46.20		2005
13	.	Niger	63.00		1993 est.
7	.	Nigeria	70.00		2010 est.
183	.	Niue	NA		NA
184	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
182	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
185	.	Norway	NA		NA
180	.	Oman	NA		NA
175	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
96	.	Pakistan	22.30		FY05/06 est.
179	.	Palau	NA		NA
75	.	Panama	29.00		2011 est.
49	.	Papua New Guinea	37.00		2002 est.
178	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
57	.	Paraguay	34.70		2010 est.
64	.	Peru	31.30		2010 est.
83	.	Philippines	26.50		2009 est.
176	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
115	.	Poland	17.00		2003 est.
112	.	Portugal	18.00		2006
181	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
177	.	Qatar	NA		NA
100	.	Romania	21.10		2010
132	.	Russia	13.10		2010
37	.	Rwanda	44.90		2011 est.
209	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
208	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
210	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
213	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
214	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
218	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
216	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
219	.	Samoa	NA		NA
215	.	San Marino	NA		NA
11	.	Sao Tome and Principe	66.20		2009 est.
212	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
18	.	Senegal	54.00		2001 est.
142	.	Serbia	9.20		2010 est.
217	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
5	.	Sierra Leone	70.20		2004
211	.	Singapore	NA		NA
161	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
101	.	Slovakia	21.00		2002
135	.	Slovenia	12.30		2008
159	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
158	.	Somalia	NA		NA
24	.	South Africa	50.00		2000 est.
162	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
23	.	South Sudan	50.60		2009
165	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
105	.	Spain	19.80		2005
160	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
145	.	Sri Lanka	8.90		2010 est.
34	.	Sudan	46.50		2009 est.
6	.	Suriname	70.00		2002 est.
163	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
8	.	Swaziland	69.00		2006
164	.	Sweden	NA		NA
149	.	Switzerland	6.90		2010
136	.	Syria	11.90		2006 est.
157	.	Taiwan	1.16		2010 est.
32	.	Tajikistan	46.70		2009 est.
52	.	Tanzania	36.00		2002 est.
147	.	Thailand	8.10		2009 est.
41	.	Timor-Leste	41.00		2009 est.
61	.	Togo	32.00		1989 est.
166	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
90	.	Tonga	24.00		FY03/04
114	.	Trinidad and Tobago	17.00		2007 est.
155	.	Tunisia	3.80		2005 est.
116	.	Turkey	16.90		2010
69	.	Turkmenistan	30.00		2004 est.
168	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
167	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
88	.	Uganda	24.50		2009 est.
55	.	Ukraine	35.00		2009
106	.	United Arab Emirates	19.50		2003
128	.	United Kingdom	14.00		2006 est.
122	.	United States	15.10		2010 est.
171	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
109	.	Uruguay	18.60		2010 est.
84	.	Uzbekistan	26.00		2008 est.
172	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
62	.	Venezuela	31.60		2011 est.
126	.	Vietnam	14.50		2010 est.
77	.	Virgin Islands	28.90		2002
174	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
169	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
111	.	West Bank	18.30		2010 est.
170	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
173	.	World	NA		NA
36	.	Yemen	45.20		2003
12	.	Zambia	64.00		2006
10	.	Zimbabwe	68.00		2004

NOTE: The information regarding Population below poverty line(%) 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Population below poverty line(%) 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Population below poverty line(%) 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.