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	.	Liberia	80.00		2000 est.
2	.	Chad	80.00		2001 est.
3	.	Haiti	80.00		2003 est.
4	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71.00		2006 est.
5	.	Sierra Leone	70.20		2004
6	.	Suriname	70.00		2002 est.
7	.	Nigeria	70.00		2010 est.
8	.	Swaziland	69.00		2006
9	.	Zimbabwe	68.00		2004
10	.	Burundi	68.00		2002 est.
11	.	Sao Tome and Principe	66.20		2009 est.
12	.	Zambia	64.00		2006
13	.	Niger	63.00		1993 est.
14	.	Comoros	60.00		2002 est.
15	.	Honduras	60.00		2010 est.
16	.	Namibia	55.80		2010 est.
17	.	Senegal	54.00		2001 est.
18	.	Guatemala	54.00		2011 est.
19	.	Malawi	53.00		2004
20	.	Mozambique	52.00		2009 est.
21	.	Mexico	51.30		2012 est.
22	.	South Sudan	50.60		2009
23	.	Kenya	50.00		2012 est.
24	.	Madagascar	50.00		2004 est.
25	.	Eritrea	50.00		2004 est.
26	.	Bolivia	49.60		2011 est.
27	.	Lesotho	49.00		1999
28	.	Gambia, The	48.40		NA
29	.	Cameroon	48.00		2000 est.
30	.	Guinea	47.00		2006 est.
31	.	Burkina Faso	46.70		2009 est.
32	.	Sudan	46.50		2009 est.
33	.	Congo, Republic of the	46.50		2011 est.
34	.	Yemen	45.20		2003
35	.	Rwanda	44.90		2011 est.
36	.	Nicaragua	42.50		2009
37	.	Cote d'Ivoire	42.00		2006 est.
38	.	Djibouti	42.00		2012 est.
39	.	Belize	41.30		2013 est.
40	.	Timor-Leste	41.00		2009 est.
41	.	Angola	40.50		2006 est.
42	.	Mauritania	40.00		2004 est.
43	.	Tajikistan	39.60		Dec 2012 est.
44	.	Grenada	38.00		2008
45	.	Gaza Strip	38.00		2010 est.
46	.	Benin	37.40		2007 est.
47	.	Papua New Guinea	37.00		2002 est.
48	.	El Salvador	36.50		2010 est.
49	.	Mali	36.10		2005 est.
50	.	Tanzania	36.00		2002 est.
51	.	Afghanistan	36.00		FY08/09
52	.	Armenia	35.80		2010 est.
53	.	Guyana	35.00		2006
54	.	Paraguay	34.70		2010 est.
55	.	Dominican Republic	34.40		2010 est.
56	.	Colombia	34.10		2012 est.
57	.	Kyrgyzstan	33.70		2011 est.
58	.	Burma	32.70		2007 est.
59	.	Togo	32.00		1989 est.
60	.	Venezuela	31.60		2011 est.
61	.	Bangladesh	31.50		2010 est.
62	.	South Africa	31.30		2009 est.
63	.	Fiji	31.00		2009 est.
64	.	Macedonia	30.40		2011
65	.	Botswana	30.30		2003
66	.	Turkmenistan	30.00		2004 est.
67	.	Kosovo	30.00		2013 est.
68	.	Argentina	30.00		2010
69	.	Cabo Verde	30.00		2000
70	.	Mongolia	29.80		2011 est.
71	.	India	29.80		2010 est.
72	.	Ethiopia	29.20		2012 est.
73	.	Dominica	29.00		2009 est.
74	.	Virgin Islands	28.90		2002
75	.	Ghana	28.50		2007 est.
76	.	Lebanon	28.00		1999 est.
77	.	Peru	27.80		2012 est.
78	.	Ecuador	27.30		Dec 2013 est.
79	.	Belarus	27.10		2003 est.
80	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.70		2000
81	.	Philippines	26.50		2009 est.
82	.	Laos	26.00		2013 est.
83	.	Panama	26.00		2012 est.
84	.	Nepal	25.20		2011 est.
85	.	Iraq	25.00		2008 est.
86	.	Costa Rica	24.80		2011 est.
87	.	Uganda	24.50		2009 est.
88	.	Ukraine	24.10		2010
89	.	Tonga	24.00		FY03/04
90	.	Israel	23.60		2012
91	.	Bhutan	23.20		2012
92	.	Algeria	23.00		2006 est.
93	.	Anguilla	23.00		2002
94	.	Guam	23.00		2001 est.
95	.	Pakistan	22.30		FY05/06 est.
96	.	Romania	22.20		2011 est.
97	.	Moldova	21.90		2010 est.
98	.	Bulgaria	21.80		2008
99	.	Brazil	21.40		2009 est.
100	.	Spain	21.10		2012
101	.	Croatia	21.10		2011
102	.	Slovakia	21.00		2002
103	.	Cambodia	20.00		2012 est.
104	.	Egypt	20.00		2008 est.
105	.	Greece	20.00		2009 est.
106	.	French Polynesia	19.70		2009
107	.	Italy	19.60		2012
108	.	United Arab Emirates	19.50		2003
109	.	Iran	18.70		2007 est.
110	.	Uruguay	18.60		2010 est.
111	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.60		2007 est.
112	.	West Bank	18.30		2010 est.
113	.	Portugal	18.00		2006
114	.	Estonia	17.50		2010
115	.	Uzbekistan	17.00		2011 est.
116	.	Trinidad and Tobago	17.00		2007 est.
117	.	Turkey	16.90		2010
118	.	Jamaica	16.50		2009 est.
119	.	Korea, South	16.50		2009 est.
120	.	Japan	16.00		2010
121	.	Maldives	16.00		2008
122	.	Germany	15.50		2010 est.
123	.	Malta	15.40		2012
124	.	Belgium	15.20		2007 est.
125	.	United States	15.10		2010 est.
126	.	Chile	15.10		2009 est.
127	.	Morocco	15.00		2007 est.
128	.	Jordan	14.20		2002
129	.	United Kingdom	14.00		2006 est.
130	.	Hungary	14.00		2012
131	.	Slovenia	13.60		2011
132	.	China	13.40		2013
133	.	Denmark	13.40		2011
134	.	Russia	12.70		2013 est.
135	.	Albania	12.50		2012 est.
136	.	Syria	11.90		2006 est.
137	.	Indonesia	11.70		2012 est.
138	.	Vietnam	11.30		2012 est.
139	.	Azerbaijan	11.00		2012 est.
140	.	Bermuda	11.00		2008 est.
141	.	Poland	10.60		2008 est.
142	.	Netherlands	10.50		2013 est.
143	.	Canada	9.40		2008
144	.	Bahamas, The	9.30		2010 est.
145	.	Serbia	9.20		2010 est.
146	.	Georgia	9.20		2010
147	.	Greenland	9.20		2007 est.
148	.	Czech Republic	9.00		2011 est.
149	.	Sri Lanka	8.90		2010 est.
150	.	Mauritius	8.00		2006 est.
151	.	Switzerland	7.90		2010
152	.	Thailand	7.80		2010 est.
153	.	France	7.80		2011
154	.	Montenegro	6.60		2010 est.
155	.	Austria	6.20		2012
156	.	Ireland	5.50		2009
157	.	Kazakhstan	5.30		2011 est.
158	.	Lithuania	4.00		2008
159	.	Tunisia	3.80		2005 est.
160	.	Malaysia	3.80		2009 est.
161	.	Taiwan	1.50		2012 est.
162	.	World	NA		NA
163	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
164	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
165	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
166	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
167	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
168	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
169	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
170	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
171	.	Singapore	NA		NA
172	.	Somalia	NA		NA
173	.	San Marino	NA		NA
174	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
175	.	Sweden	NA		NA
176	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
177	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
178	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
179	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
180	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
181	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
182	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
183	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
184	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
185	.	Jersey	NA		NA
186	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
187	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
188	.	Latvia	NA		NA
189	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
190	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
191	.	Libya	NA		NA
192	.	Macau	NA		NA
193	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
195	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
196	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
197	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
198	.	Nauru	NA		NA
199	.	Monaco	NA		NA
200	.	Palau	NA		NA
201	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
202	.	Norway	NA		NA
203	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
204	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
205	.	Niue	NA		NA
206	.	Oman	NA		NA
207	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
208	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
209	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
210	.	Andorra	NA		NA
211	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
212	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
213	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
214	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
215	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
216	.	Qatar	NA		NA
217	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
218	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
219	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
220	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
221	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
222	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
223	.	Samoa	NA		NA
224	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
225	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
226	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
227	.	Brunei	NA		NA
228	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
229	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
230	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
231	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
232	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
233	.	Cuba	NA		NA
234	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
235	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
236	.	Cyprus	NA		NA
237	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
238	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
239	.	Curacao	NA		NA
240	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
241	.	Finland	NA		NA
242	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
243	.	European Union	NA		NA
244	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
245	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
246	.	Gabon	NA		NA
247	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
248	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
249	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
250	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
252	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
253	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
254	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
255	.	Iceland	NA		NA
256	.	Hong Kong	NA		2012
257	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
258	.	Australia	NA		NA
259	.	Barbados	NA		NA
260	.	Aruba	NA		NA
261	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Population below poverty line(%) 2014 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Population below poverty line(%) 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Population below poverty line(%) 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.