The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 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 2003 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2003 edition
236
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

19902000201020202025

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Africa

57 entries

Algeria

23% (1999 est.)

Angola

NA%

Benin

37% (2001 est.)

Botswana

47%

Burkina Faso

45% (2001 est.)

Burundi

70% (2002 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

30% (2000)

Cameroon

48% (2000 est.)

Central African Republic

NA%

Chad

80% (2001 est.)

Comoros

60% (2002 est.)

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

37% (1995)

Djibouti

50% (2001 est.)

Egypt

22.9% (FY 95/96 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Eritrea

53% (1993/94)

Swaziland now Eswatini

40% (1995)

Ethiopia

45% (2002 est.)

Gabon

NA%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

31.4% (1992 est.)

Guinea

40% (1994 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

50% (2000 est.)

Lesotho

49% (1999)

Liberia

80%

Libya

NA%

Madagascar

71% (1999 est.)

Malawi

54% (FY 90/91 est.)

Mali

  • 64% average;
  • 30% of the total population living in urban areas;
  • 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)

Mauritania

50% (2001 est.)

Mauritius

10% (2001 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

19% (1999 est.)

Mozambique

70% (2001 est.)

Namibia

50% (2002 est.)

Niger

63% (1993 est.)

Nigeria

60% (2000 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

60% (2001 est.)

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

NA%

Sao Tome and Principe

NA%

Senegal

54% (2001 est.)

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

68% (1989 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

50% (2000 est.)

Sudan

NA%

Tanzania

36% (2002 est.)

Togo

32% (1989 est.)

Tunisia

6% (2000 est.)

Uganda

35% (2001 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

86% (1993)

Zimbabwe

70% (2002 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

NA%

Iceland

NA%

Svalbard

NA%

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

NA%

Armenia

50% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan

49% (2002 est.)

Bangladesh

35.6% (FY 95/96 est.)

Bhutan

NA%

China

10% (2001 est.)

Georgia

54% (2001 est.)

India

25% (2002 est.)

Japan

NA%

Kazakhstan

26% (2001 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

4% (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

55% (2001 est.)

Maldives

NA%

Mongolia

36% (2001 est.)

Nepal

42% (1995-96)

Pakistan

35% (2001 est.)

Russia

25% (37622 est.)

Sri Lanka

22% (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

60% (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

34.4% (2001 est.)

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

33% (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

20.6% (1999 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

30% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic

25%

El Salvador

48% (1999 est.)

Grenada

32% (2000)

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guatemala

75% (2002 est.)

Haiti

80% (2002 est.)

Honduras

53% (1993 est.)

Jamaica

34.2% (1992 est.)

Martinique

NA%

Montserrat

NA%

Netherlands Antilles

NA%

Nicaragua

50% (2001 est.)

Panama

37% (1999 est.)

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

30% (2001 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

NA%

Belarus

22% (1995 est.)

Belgium

4%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Bulgaria

12.6% (2001 est.)

Croatia

NA%

Czech Republic now Czechia

NA%

Denmark

NA%

Estonia

  • NA% (2000)

Faroe Islands

NA%

Finland

NA%

France

6.4% (1999)

Germany

NA%

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

NA%

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

8.6% (1993 est.)

Ireland

10% (1997 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

NA%

Italy

NA%

Jersey

NA%

Latvia

NA%

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

NA%

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

NA%

Moldova

80% (2001 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Netherlands

NA%

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

24% (2001 est.)

Norway

NA%

Poland

18.4% (2000 est.)

Portugal

NA%

Romania

44.5% (2000)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia and Montenegro

30%

Slovakia

NA%

Slovenia

NA%

Spain

NA%

Sweden

NA%

Switzerland

NA%

Ukraine

29% (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

17%

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Gaza Strip

60% (2002 est.)

Iran

40% (2002 est.)

Iraq

NA

Israel

18% (2001 est.)

Jordan

30% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

NA%

Lebanon

28% (1999 est.)

Oman

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

15%-25%

Turkey now Turkiye

NA%

United Arab Emirates

NA%

West Bank

60% (2002 est.)

Yemen

NA

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

NA%

Canada

NA%

Mexico

40% (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

12.7% (2001 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

NA%

Cook Islands

NA%

Fiji

25.5% (1990-91)

French Polynesia

NA%

Guam

23% (2001 est.)

Kiribati

NA%

Marshall Islands

NA%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

26.7%

Nauru

NA%

New Caledonia

NA%

New Zealand

NA%

Niue

NA%

Norfolk Island

NA%

Northern Mariana Islands

NA%

Palau

NA%

Papua New Guinea

37% (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Samoa

NA%

Solomon Islands

NA%

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

NA%

Tuvalu

NA%

Vanuatu

NA%

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

37% (2001 est.)

Bolivia

70% (1999 est.)

Brazil

22% (1998 est.)

Chile

21% (1998 est.)

Colombia

55% (2001)

Ecuador

70% (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

French Guiana

NA%

Guyana

NA%

Paraguay

36% (2001 est.)

Peru

50% (2000 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

6% (1997)

Venezuela

47% (1998 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

NA%

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

25% (2000 est.)

Cambodia

36% (1997 est.)

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA%

Hong Kong

NA%

Indonesia

27% (1999)

Laos

40% (2002 est.)

Macau

NA%

Malaysia

8% (1998 est.)

Philippines

40% (2001 est.)

Singapore

NA%

Taiwan

1% (2000 est.)

Thailand

12.5% (1998 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

42% (2002 est.)

Vietnam

37% (1998 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2003.

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