The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 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 2017 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 edition: 229
the first edition with it: 1999
the latest edition with it: 2025

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

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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

23% (2006 est.)

Angola

40.5% (2006 est.)

Benin

36.2% (2011 est.)

Botswana

30.3% (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso

40.1% (2009 est.)

Burundi

64.6% (2014 est.)

Cabo Verde

30% (2000 est.)

Cameroon

30% (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

NA%

Chad

46.7% (2011 est.)

Comoros

44.8% (2004 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

63% (2012 est.)

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

46.5% (2011 est.)

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

46.3% (2015 est.)

Djibouti

23%

note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity (2015 est.)

Egypt

25.2% (2011 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

44% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

63% (2010 est.)

Ethiopia

29.6% (2014 est.)

Gabon

34.3% (2015 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

48.4% (2010 est.)

Ghana

24.2% (2013 est.)

Guinea

47% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

67% (2015 est.)

Kenya

43.4% (2012 est.)

Lesotho

57% (2016 est.)

Liberia

54.1% (2014 est.)

Libya

NA%

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

Madagascar

70.7% (2012 est.)

Malawi

50.7% (2010 est.)

Mali

36.1% (2005 est.)

Mauritania

31% (2014 est.)

Mauritius

8% (2006 est.)

Morocco

15% (2007 est.)

Mozambique

46.1% (2015 est.)

Namibia

28.7% (2010 est.)

Niger

45.4% (2014 est.)

Nigeria

70% (2010 est.)

Rwanda

39.1% (2015 est.)

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

NA%

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

66.2% (2009 est.)

Senegal

46.7% (2011 est.)

Seychelles

39.3% (2013 est.)

Sierra Leone

70.2% (2004 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

16.6% (2016 est.)

South Sudan

50.6% (2009 est.)

Sudan

46.5% (2009 est.)

Tanzania

22.8% (2015 est.)

Togo

55.1% (2015 est.)

Tunisia

15.5% (2010 est.)

Uganda

19.7% (2013 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

60.5% (2010 est.)

Zimbabwe

72.3% (2012 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

16.2% (2015 est.)

Iceland

NA%

note: 332,100 families (2011 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

35.8% (2011 est.)

Armenia

32% (2013 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.9% (2015 est.)

Bangladesh

31.5% (2010 est.)

Bhutan

13.3% (2012 est.)

China

3.3%

note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $400)

(2016 est.)

Georgia

9.2% (2010 est.)

India

21.9% (2011 est.)

Japan

16.1% (2013 est.)

Kazakhstan

2.7% (2015 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

12.5% (2015 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

32.1% (2015 est.)

Maldives

16% (2008 est.)

Mongolia

21.6% (2014 est.)

Nepal

25.2% (2011 est.)

Pakistan

29.5% (FY2013 est.)

Russia

13.3% (2015 est.)

Sri Lanka

6.7% (2012 est.)

Tajikistan

31.5% (2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

0.2% (2012 est.)

Uzbekistan

14% (2016 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

28 entries

Anguilla

23% (2002 est.)

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

NA%

Aruba

NA%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

9.3% (2010 est.)

Barbados

NA%

Belize

41% (2013 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA%

Cayman Islands

NA%

Costa Rica

21.7% (2014 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

29% (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic

30.5% (2016 est.)

El Salvador

34.9% (2015 est.)

Grenada

38% (2008 est.)

Guatemala

59.3% (2014 est.)

Haiti

58.5% (2012 est.)

Honduras

29.6% (2014)

Jamaica

16.5% (2009 est.)

Montserrat

NA%

Nicaragua

29.6% (2015 est.)

Panama

23% (2015 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA%

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA%

Saint Lucia

NA%

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA%

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

20% (2014 est.)

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

NA%

Virgin Islands

28.9% (2002 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

14.3% (2012 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

4% (2014 est.)

Belarus

5.7% (2016 est.)

Belgium

15.1% (2013 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

17.2% (2011 est.)

Bulgaria

22% (2015 est.)

Croatia

19.5% (2014 est.)

Czechia

9.7% (2015 est.)

Denmark

13.4% (2011 est.)

Estonia

21.3% (2015 est.)

European Union

9.8%

note: see individual country entries of member states (2013 est.)

Faroe Islands

4.2% (2012 est.)

Finland

NA%

France

14% (2013 est.)

Germany

16.7% (2015 est.)

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

36% (2014 est.)

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

14.9% (2015 est.)

Ireland

8.2% (2013 est.)

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

NA%

Italy

29.9% (2012 est.)

Jersey

NA%

Kosovo

30% (2013 est.)

Latvia

25.5% (2015)

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

22.2% (2015 est.)

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

16.3% (2015 est.)

Moldova

20.8% (2013 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Montenegro

8.6% (2013 est.)

Netherlands

8.8% (2015 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

21.5% (2015 est.)

Norway

NA%

Poland

17.6% (2015 est.)

Portugal

19% (2015 est.)

Romania

22.4% (2012 est.)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia

8.9% (2014 est.)

Slovakia

12.3% (2015 est.)

Slovenia

14.3% (2015 est.)

Spain

21.1% (2012 est.)

Sweden

15% (2014 est.)

Switzerland

6.6% (2014 est.)

Ukraine

24.1% (2010 est.)

United Kingdom

15% (2013 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA%

Cyprus

NA%

Population below poverty line:: %NA

Gaza Strip

30%

note: data exclude the West Bank (2011 est.)

Iran

18.7% (2007 est.)

Iraq

23% (2014 est.)

Israel

22%

note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2014 est.)

Jordan

14.2% (2002 est.)

Kuwait

NA%

Lebanon

28.6% (2004 est.)

Oman

NA%

Qatar

NA%

Saudi Arabia

NA%

Syria

82.5% (2014 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

21.9% (2015 est.)

United Arab Emirates

19.5% (2003 est.)

West Bank

18% (2011 est.)

Yemen

54% (2014 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11% (2008 est.)

Canada

9.4%

note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008 est.)