The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2020 edition
227
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

56 entries

Algeria

23% (2006 est.)

Angola

36.6% (2008 est.)

Benin

36.2% (2011 est.)

Botswana

19.3% (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso

40.1% (2009 est.)

Burundi

64.6% (2014 est.)

Cabo Verde

30% (2000 est.)

Cameroon

30% (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

62% NA (2008 est.)

Chad

46.7% (2011 est.)

Comoros

44.8% (2004 est.)

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

63% (2014 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% (2015 est.)

note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity

Egypt

27.8% (2016 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

44% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

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

36.1% (2016 est.)

Lesotho

57% (2016 est.)

Liberia

54.1% (2014 est.)

Libya

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

NA

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

66% (2015 est.)

Sudan

46.5% (2009 est.)

Tanzania

22.8% (2015 est.)

Togo

55.1% (2015 est.)

Tunisia

15.5% (2010 est.)

Uganda

21.4% (2017 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

54.4% (2015 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

54.5% (2017 est.)

Armenia

32% (2013 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.9% (2015 est.)

Bangladesh

24.3% (2016 est.)

Bhutan

12% (2012 est.)

China

3.3% (2016 est.)

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

Georgia

9.2% (2010 est.)

India

21.9% (2011 est.)

Japan

16.1% (2013 est.)

Kazakhstan

2.6% (2016 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

14.4% (2016 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

32.1% (2015 est.)

Maldives

15% (2009 est.)

Mongolia

29.6% (2016 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

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

32.7% (2016 est.)

Grenada

38% (2008 est.)

Guatemala

59.3% (2014 est.)

Haiti

58.5% (2012 est.)

Honduras

29.6% (2014)

Jamaica

17.1% (2016 est.)

Montserrat

NA

Nicaragua

29.6% (2015 est.)

Panama

23% (2015 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA

Saint Lucia

NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

20% (2014 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Virgin Islands

28.9% (2002 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

14.3% (2012 est.)

Austria

3% (2017 est.)

Belarus

5.7% (2016 est.)

Belgium

15.1% (2013 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16.9% (2015 est.)

Bulgaria

23.4% (2016 est.)

Croatia

19.5% (2015 est.)

Czechia

9.7% (2015 est.)

Denmark

13.4% (2011 est.)

note: excludes students

Estonia

21.1% (2016 est.)

European Union

9.8% (2013 est.)

note: see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

10% (2015 est.)

France

14.2% (2015 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

NA

Italy

29.9% (2012 est.)

Jersey

NA

Kosovo

17.6% (2015 est.)

Latvia

25.5% (2015)

Liechtenstein

NA

Lithuania

22.2% (2015 est.)

Luxembourg

NA

Malta

16.3% (2015 est.)

Moldova

9.6% (2015 est.)

Monaco

NA

Montenegro

8.6% (2013 est.)

Netherlands

8.8% (2015 est.)

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

13.9% (2016 est.)

Spain

21.1% (2012 est.)

Sweden

15% (2014 est.)

Switzerland

6.6% (2014 est.)

Ukraine

3.8% (2016 est.)

United Kingdom

15% (2013 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA

Cyprus

NA

Gaza Strip

30% (2011 est.)

note: data exclude the West Bank

Iran

18.7% (2007 est.)

Iraq

23% (2014 est.)

Israel

  • 22% (2014 est.) (2014 est.)

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

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% (2008 est.)

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

Mexico

46.2% (2014 est.)

note: from a food-based definition of poverty; asset-based poverty amounted to more than 47%

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

19.7% (2009 est.)

Guam

23% (2001 est.)

Kiribati

NA

Marshall Islands

NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

26.7% (2000 est.)

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

17% (2008)

New Zealand

NA

Niue

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

24.9% NA (2006)

Papua New Guinea

37% (2002 est.)

Samoa

NA

Solomon Islands

NA

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

22.5% (2010 est.)

Tuvalu

26.3% (2010 est.)

Vanuatu

NA

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

25.7% (2017 est.)

note: data are based on private estimates

Bolivia

38.6% (2015 est.)

note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day

Brazil

4.2% (2016 est.)

note: approximately 4% of the population are below the "extreme" poverty line

Chile

14.4% (2013)

Colombia

28% (2017 est.)

Ecuador

21.5% (December 2017 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

35% (2006 est.)

Paraguay

22.2% (2015 est.)

Peru

22.7% (2014 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

9.7% (2015 est.)

Venezuela

19.7% (2015 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

NA

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

25.6% (2016 est.)

Cambodia

16.5% (2016 est.)

Hong Kong

19.9% (2016 est.)

Indonesia

10.9% (2016 est.)

Laos

22% (2013 est.)

Macau

NA

Malaysia

3.8% (2009 est.)

Philippines

21.6% (2017 est.)

Singapore

NA

Taiwan

1.5% (2012 est.)

Thailand

7.2% (2015 est.)

Timor-Leste

41.8% (2014 est.)

Vietnam

8% (2017 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2020.

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