The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 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 2012 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition
230
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% (2006 est.)

Angola

40.5% (2006 est.)

Benin

37.4% (2007 est.)

Botswana

30.3% (2003)

Burkina Faso

46.7% (2009 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

71% (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

NA%

Cote d'Ivoire

42% (2006 est.)

Djibouti

42% (2007 est.)

Egypt

20% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA%

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

69% (2006)

Ethiopia

29.2% (FY09/10 est.)

Gabon

NA%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

48.4% (2010 est.)

Ghana

28.5% (2007 est.)

Guinea

47% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

NA%

Kenya

50% (2000 est.)

Lesotho

49% (1999)

Liberia

80% (2000 est.)

Libya

NA

note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line

Madagascar

50% (2004 est.)

Malawi

53% (2004)

Mali

36.1% (2005 est.)

Mauritania

40% (2004 est.)

Mauritius

8% (2006 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

15% (2007 est.)

Mozambique

54% (2008 est.)

Namibia

55.8%

note: 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 (2005 est.)

Niger

63% (1993 est.)

Nigeria

70% (2010 est.)

Rwanda

44.9% (2011 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA%

Sao Tome and Principe

66.2% (2009 est.)

Senegal

54% (2001 est.)

Seychelles

NA%

Sierra Leone

70.2% (2004)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

50% (2000 est.)

South Sudan

50.6% (2009)

Sudan

46.5% (2009 est.)

Tanzania

36% (2002 est.)

Togo

32% (1989 est.)

Tunisia

3.8% (2005 est.)

Uganda

24.5% (2009 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

64% (2006)

Zimbabwe

68% (2004)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

9.2% (2007 est.)

Iceland

NA%

note: 332,100 families (2011 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

36% (FY08/09)

Armenia

35.8% (2010 est.)

Azerbaijan

11% (2009 est.)

Bangladesh

31.51% (2010 est.)

Bhutan

23.2% (2008)

China

13.4%

note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $363; this new standard is significantly higher than the line set in 2009, and as a result, 128 million Chinese are now considered below the poverty line (2011)

Georgia

9.7% (2010)

India

29.8% (2010 est.)

Japan

16% (2010)

note: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) press release, 20 October 2009 (2010)

Kazakhstan

8.2% (2009 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

15% (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

33.7% (2011 est.)

Maldives

16% (2008)

Mongolia

39.2% (2010 est.)

Nepal

25.2% (2011 est.)

Pakistan

22.3% (FY05/06 est.)

Russia

13.1% (2010)

Sri Lanka

8.9% (2010 est.)

Tajikistan

46.7% (2009 est.)

Turkmenistan

30% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

26% (2008 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

28 entries

Anguilla

23% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA%

Aruba

NA%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

9.3% (2004)

Barbados

NA%

Belize

43% (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

24.2% (2010 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

29% (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic

34.4% (2010 est.)

El Salvador

36.5% (2010 est.)

Grenada

38% (2008)

Guatemala

54% (2011 est.)

Haiti

80% (2003 est.)

Honduras

60% (2010 est.)

Jamaica

16.5% (2009 est.)

Montserrat

NA%

Nicaragua

46.2% (2005)

Panama

29% (2011 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA%

Saint Lucia

NA%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA%

Trinidad and Tobago

17% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA%

Virgin Islands

28.9% (2002)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

12.5% (2008 est.)

Andorra

  • NA (2008)

Austria

6% (2008)

Belarus

27.1% (2003 est.)

Belgium

15.2% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

18.6% (2007 est.)

Bulgaria

21.8% (2008)

Croatia

20.6% (2010)

Czech Republic now Czechia

9% (2010 est.)

Denmark

13.4% (2011)

Estonia

17.5% (2010)

European Union

note - see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

NA%

Finland

NA%

France

6.2% (2004)

Germany

15.5% (2010 est.)

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

20% (2009 est.)

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

13.9% (2010)

Ireland

5.5% (2009)

Isle of Man

NA%

Italy

  • (2011)

Jersey

NA%

Kosovo

30% (2010 est.)

Latvia

NA%

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

4% (2008)

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

  • (2011)

Moldova

21.9% (2010 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Montenegro

6.6% (2010 est.)

Netherlands

10.5% (2005)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

30.9% (2010)

Norway

NA%

Poland

17% (2003 est.)

Portugal

18% (2006)

Romania

21.1% (2010)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia

9.2% (2010 est.)

Slovakia

21% (2002)

Slovenia

12.3% (2008)

Spain

19.8% (2005)

Sweden

NA%

Switzerland

6.9% (2010)

Ukraine

35% (2009)

United Kingdom

14% (2006 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Gaza Strip

38% (2010 est.)

Iran

18.7% (2007 est.)

Iraq

25% (2008 est.)

Israel

23.6%

note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2007)

Jordan

14.2% (2002)

Kuwait

NA%

Lebanon

28% (1999 est.)

Oman

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

11.9% (2006 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

16.9% (2010)

United Arab Emirates

19.5% (2003)

West Bank

18.3% (2010 est.)

Yemen

45.2% (2003)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

19% (2000)

Canada

9.4%

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 (2008)

Mexico

51.3%

note: based on food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 47% (2010 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

15.1% (2010 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

NA%

Cook Islands

NA%

Fiji

31% (2009 est.)

French Polynesia

NA%

Guam

23% (2001 est.)

Kiribati

NA%

Marshall Islands

NA%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

26.7% (2000)

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% (FY03/04)

Tuvalu

NA%

Vanuatu

NA%

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

13 entries

Argentina

30%

note: data are based on private estimates (2010)

Bolivia

51.3%

note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2009 est.)

Brazil

21.4% (2009 est.)

Chile

15.1% (2009 est.)

Colombia

37.2% (2010 est.)

Ecuador

28.6% (December 2011)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

Guyana

35% (2006)

Paraguay

34.7% (2010 est.)

Peru

31.3% (2010 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

  • 18.6% (2010 est.) (2010 est.)

Venezuela

31.6% (2011 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

NA%

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

32.7% (2007 est.)

Cambodia

31% (2007 est.)

Hong Kong

NA%

Indonesia

12.5% (2011 est.)

Laos

26% (2010 est.)

Macau

NA%

Malaysia

3.8% (2009 est.)

Philippines

26.5% (2009 est.)

Singapore

NA%

Taiwan

1.16% (2010 est.)

Thailand

8.1% (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste

41% (2009 est.)

Vietnam

14.5% (2010 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2012.

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