The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 Economy

Population below poverty line In 26 editions of 36.

Population below poverty line was published in 26 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2025. The 1999 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1999 edition
235
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population below poverty line” (1999 to 2025).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Population below poverty line, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Population below poverty line in each edition

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Africa

57 entries

Algeria

22.6% (1995 est.)

Angola

NA%

Benin

33% (1995 est.)

Botswana

NA%

Burkina Faso

NA%

Burundi

36.2% (1990 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

NA%

Cameroon

40% (1984 est.)

Central African Republic

NA%

Chad

NA%

Comoros

NA%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA%

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

NA%

Cote d'Ivoire

NA%

Djibouti

NA%

Egypt

NA%

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Eritrea

NA%

Swaziland now Eswatini

NA%

Ethiopia

NA%

Gabon

NA%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

31.4% (1992 est.)

Guinea

NA%

Guinea-Bissau

48.8% (1991 est.)

Kenya

42% (1992 est.)

Lesotho

49.2% (1993 est.)

Liberia

80%

Libya

NA%

Madagascar

NA%

Malawi

54% (1990-91 est.)

Mali

NA%

Mauritania

57% (1990 est.)

Mauritius

10.6% (1992 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

13.1% (1990-91 est.)

Mozambique

NA%

Namibia

NA%

Niger

NA%

Nigeria

34.1% (1992-93 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

51.2% (1993 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA%

Sao Tome and Principe

NA%

Senegal

NA%

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

68% (1989 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

NA%

Sudan

NA%

Tanzania

51.1% (1991 est.)

Togo

32.3% (1987-89 est.)

Tunisia

14.1% (1990 est.)

Uganda

55% (1993 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

86% (1993 est.)

Zimbabwe

25.5% (1990-91 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

NA%

Iceland

NA%

Svalbard

NA%

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA%

Armenia

50% (1998 est.)

Azerbaijan

NA%

Bangladesh

35.6% (1995-96 est.)

Bhutan

NA%

China

NA%

Georgia

NA%

India

35% (1994 est.)

Japan

NA%

Kazakhstan

NA%

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

NA%

Kyrgyzstan

40% (1993 est.)

Maldives

NA%

Mongolia

36.3% (1995 est.)

Nepal

42% (1995-96 est.)

Pakistan

34% (1991 est.)

Russia

28.6% (1998 est.)

Sri Lanka

35.3% (1990-91 est.)

Tajikistan

NA%

Turkmenistan

NA%

Uzbekistan

NA%

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

NA%

Antigua and Barbuda

NA%

Aruba

NA%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

NA%

Barbados

NA%

Belize

NA%

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

NA%

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

NA%

Dominican Republic

20.6% (1992 est.)

El Salvador

48.3% (1992 est.)

Grenada

NA%

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guatemala

NA%

Haiti

75% (1998 est.)

Honduras

50% (1992 est.)

Jamaica

34.2% (1992 est.)

Martinique

NA%

Montserrat

NA%

Netherlands Antilles

NA%

Nicaragua

50.3% (1993 est.)

Panama

NA%

Puerto Rico

NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA%

Saint Lucia

NA%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA%

Trinidad and Tobago

21% (1992 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA%

Virgin Islands

NA%

Europe

46 entries

Albania

19.6% (1996 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

NA%

Belarus

77% (1997 est.)

Belgium

NA%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Bulgaria

NA%

Croatia

NA%

Czech Republic now Czechia

NA%

Denmark

NA%

Estonia

6.3% (1994 est.)

Faroe Islands

NA%

Finland

NA%

France

NA%

Germany

NA%

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

NA%

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

25.3% (1993 est.)

Ireland

NA%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

NA%

Italy

NA%

Jersey

NA%

Latvia

NA%

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

NA%

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

NA%

Moldova

NA%

Monaco

NA%

Netherlands

NA%

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

NA%

Norway

NA%

Poland

23.8% (1993 est.)

Portugal

NA%

Romania

21.5% (1994 est.)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia and Montenegro

NA%

Slovakia

NA%

Slovenia

NA%

Spain

NA%

Sweden

NA%

Switzerland

NA%

Ukraine

50% (1997 est.)

United Kingdom

17%

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Gaza Strip

NA%

Iran

53% (1996 est.)

Iraq

NA%

Israel

NA%

Jordan

30% (1998 est.)

Kuwait

NA%

Lebanon

NA%

Oman

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

15%-25%

Turkey now Turkiye

NA%

United Arab Emirates

NA%

West Bank

NA%

Yemen

NA%

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

NA%

Canada

NA%

Mexico

27% (1998 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

13% (1997 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

South America

14 entries

Argentina

25.5% (1991 est.)

Bolivia

66%

Brazil

17.4% (1990 est.)

Chile

20.5% (1994 est.)

Colombia

17.7% (1992 est.)

Ecuador

35% (1994 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

French Guiana

NA%

Guyana

NA%

Paraguay

21.8% (1991 est.)

Peru

54% (1991 est.)

Suriname

NA%

Uruguay

NA%

Venezuela

31.3% (1989 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

NA%

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

NA%

Cambodia

NA%

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA%

Hong Kong

NA%

Indonesia

NA%

Laos

46.1% (1993 est.)

Macau

NA%

Malaysia

15.5% (1989 est.)

Philippines

32% (1997 est.)

Singapore

NA%

Taiwan

NA%

Thailand

13.1% (1992 est.)

Vietnam

50.9% (1993 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/1999.

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