The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
233
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

25% (2005 est.)

Angola

70% (2003 est.)

Benin

33% (2001 est.)

Botswana

30.3% (2003)

Burkina Faso

45% (2003 est.)

Burundi

68% (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

20% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

69% (2005)

Ethiopia

50% (2004 est.)

Gabon

NA%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA%

Ghana

31.4% (1992 est.)

Guinea

40% (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

50% (2000 est.)

Lesotho

49% (1999)

Liberia

80%

Libya

NA%

Madagascar

50% (2004 est.)

Malawi

55% (2004 est.)

Mali

64% (2001 est.)

Mauritania

40% (2004 est.)

Mauritius

10% (2001 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

19% (2005 est.)

Mozambique

70% (2001 est.)

Namibia

the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day

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

54% (2004 est.)

Senegal

54% (2001 est.)

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

68% (1989 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

50% (2000 est.)

Sudan

40% (2004 est.)

Tanzania

36% (2002 est.)

Togo

32% (1989 est.)

Tunisia

7.4% (2005 est.)

Uganda

35% (2001 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

86% (1993)

Zimbabwe

80% (2004 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

NA%

Iceland

NA%

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

53% (2003)

Armenia

43% (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan

49% (2002 est.)

Bangladesh

45% (2004 est.)

Bhutan

NA%

China

10% (2001 est.)

Georgia

54% (2001 est.)

India

25% (2002 est.)

Japan

NA%

Kazakhstan

19% (2004 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

15% (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

40% (2004 est.)

Maldives

21% NA%

Mongolia

36.1% (2004 est.)

Nepal

31% (2003-2004)

Pakistan

32% (FY00/01 est.)

Russia

17.8% (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

22% (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

64% (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

58% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan

28% (2004 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

23% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA%

Aruba

NA%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

9.3% (2004)

Barbados

NA%

Belize

33% (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

18% (2004 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

30% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic

25%

El Salvador

36.1% (2003 est.)

Grenada

32% (2000)

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guatemala

75% (2004 est.)

Haiti

80% (2003 est.)

Honduras

53% (1993 est.)

Jamaica

19.1% (2003 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

48 entries

Albania

25% (2004 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

5.9% (2004)

Belarus

27.1% (2003 est.)

Belgium

4% (1989 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

25% (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

  • Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 4% (2003)

Croatia

11% (2003)

Czech Republic now Czechia

At risk of poverty after social transfers:
8%

Denmark

NA%

Estonia

  • Below $2.15 per day (PPP) 5% (2003)

European Union

see individual country listings

Faroe Islands

NA%

Finland

NA%

France

6.5% (2000)

Germany

NA%

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

NA%

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

At-risk-of poverty rate after social transfers:
12% (2003)

Ireland

10% (1997 est.)

Isle of Man

NA%

Italy

NA%

Jersey

NA%

Latvia

Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

Less than $2.15 per day (PPP): 4%

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

NA%

Moldova

80% (2001 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Montenegro

12.2% (2003)

Netherlands

10.5% NA%

Macedonia now North Macedonia

29.6% (2004 est.)

Norway

NA%

Poland

17% (2003 est.)

Portugal

NA%

Romania

  • At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers 12% (2003 est.)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia

30%

note: data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 est.)

Slovakia

At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers:
21%

Slovenia

At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers:
10% (2003)

Spain

NA%

Sweden

NA%

Switzerland

NA%

Ukraine

29% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom

17% (2002 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Gaza Strip

81% (2004 est.)

Iran

40% (2002 est.)

Iraq

NA%

Israel

21% (2005)

Jordan

30% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

NA%

Lebanon

28% (1999 est.)

Oman

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

20% (2004 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

20% (2002)

United Arab Emirates

NA%

West Bank

46% including Gaza Strip (2004 est.)

Yemen

45.2% (2003)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

19% (2000)

Canada

  • 15.9%;
  • note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies;
  • Canada does not have an official poverty line (2003)

Mexico

40% (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

12% (2004 est.)

Oceania

23 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%

Northern Mariana Islands

NA%

Palau

NA%

Papua New Guinea

37% (2002 est.)

Samoa

NA%

Solomon Islands

NA%

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

24% NA%

Tuvalu

NA%

Vanuatu

NA%

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

38.5% (June 2005)

Bolivia

64% (2004 est.)

Brazil

22% (1998 est.)

Chile

18.2% (2005)

Colombia

49.2% (2005)

Ecuador

41% (2003)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

French Guiana

NA%

Guyana

NA%

Paraguay

32% (2005 est.)

Peru

54% (2003 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

22% of households (2004)

Venezuela

47% (1998 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

NA%

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

25% (2000 est.)

Cambodia

40% (2004 est.)

Hong Kong

NA%

Indonesia

16.7% (2004)

Laos

34% (2005 est.)

Macau

NA%

Malaysia

8% (1998 est.)

Philippines

40% (2001 est.)

Singapore

NA%

Taiwan

0.9% (2005)

Thailand

10% (2004 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

42% (2003 est.)

Vietnam

19.5% (2004 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2006.

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