National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
52	.	Afghanistan	36.00		FY08/09
261	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
128	.	Albania	12.50		2008 est.
94	.	Algeria	23.00		2006 est.
253	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
254	.	Andorra	NA		NA
39	.	Angola	40.50		2006 est.
93	.	Anguilla	23.00		2002
260	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
262	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
257	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
71	.	Argentina	30.00		2010
78	.	Armenia	26.50		2006 est.
251	.	Aruba	NA		NA
258	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
252	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
255	.	Australia	NA		NA
146	.	Austria	6.00		2008
133	.	Azerbaijan	11.00		2009 est.
138	.	Bahamas, The	9.30		2004
256	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
61	.	Bangladesh	31.50		2010 est.
259	.	Barbados	NA		NA
76	.	Belarus	27.10		2003 est.
119	.	Belgium	15.20		2007 est.
34	.	Belize	43.00		2010 est.
47	.	Benin	37.40		2007 est.
103	.	Bermuda	19.00		2000
91	.	Bhutan	23.20		2008
66	.	Bolivia	30.30		2009 est.
106	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.60		2007 est.
65	.	Botswana	30.30		2003
186	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
80	.	Brazil	26.00		2008
189	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
188	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
190	.	Brunei	NA		NA
95	.	Bulgaria	21.80		2008
31	.	Burkina Faso	46.40		2004
58	.	Burma	32.70		2007 est.
9	.	Burundi	68.00		2002 est.
62	.	Cambodia	31.00		2007 est.
29	.	Cameroon	48.00		2000 est.
137	.	Canada	9.40		2008
67	.	Cape Verde	30.00		2000
187	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
191	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
1	.	Chad	80.00		2001 est.
132	.	Chile	11.50		2009
151	.	China	2.80		2007
199	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
195	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
192	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
32	.	Colombia	45.50		2009
15	.	Comoros	60.00		2002 est.
4	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71.00		2006 est.
198	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
197	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
115	.	Costa Rica	16.00		2006 est.
37	.	Cote d'Ivoire	42.00		2006 est.
112	.	Croatia	17.00		2008
201	.	Cuba	NA		NA
196	.	Curacao	NA		NA
200	.	Cyprus	NA		NA
193	.	Czech Republic	NA		NA
130	.	Denmark	12.10		2007
202	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
38	.	Djibouti	42.00		2007 est.
68	.	Dominica	30.00		2002 est.
35	.	Dominican Republic	42.20		2004
56	.	Ecuador	33.10		Jun 2010
98	.	Egypt	20.00		2005 est.
46	.	El Salvador	37.80		2009 est.
205	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
24	.	Eritrea	50.00		2004 est.
101	.	Estonia	19.70		2008
43	.	Ethiopia	38.70		FY05/06 est.
212	.	European Union	NA		NA
207	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
210	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
84	.	Fiji	25.50		FY90/91
211	.	Finland	NA		NA
145	.	France	6.20		2004
208	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
203	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
209	.	Gabon	NA		NA
206	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
44	.	Gaza Strip	38.00		2010 est.
63	.	Georgia	31.00		2006
118	.	Germany	15.50		2010 est.
74	.	Ghana	28.50		2007 est.
204	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
99	.	Greece	20.00		2009 est.
139	.	Greenland	9.20		2007 est.
60	.	Grenada	32.00		2000
233	.	Guam	NA		NA
22	.	Guatemala	51.00		2006 est.
237	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
30	.	Guinea	47.00		2006 est.
232	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
230	.	Guyana	NA		NA
2	.	Haiti	80.00		2003 est.
236	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
238	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
11	.	Honduras	65.00		2010
240	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
125	.	Hungary	13.90		2010
234	.	Iceland	NA		NA
86	.	India	25.00		2007 est.
239	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
126	.	Indonesia	13.33		2010
105	.	Iran	18.70		2007 est.
87	.	Iraq	25.00		2008 est.
147	.	Ireland	5.50		2009 est.
235	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
90	.	Israel	23.60		2007
231	.	Italy	NA		NA
114	.	Jamaica	16.50		2009 est.
247	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
117	.	Japan	15.70		NA
242	.	Jersey	NA		NA
123	.	Jordan	14.20		2002
141	.	Kazakhstan	8.20		2009
26	.	Kenya	50.00		2000 est.
249	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
245	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
122	.	Korea, South	15.00		2006 est.
70	.	Kosovo	30.00		2010 est.
243	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
42	.	Kyrgyzstan	40.00		2004 est.
82	.	Laos	26.00		2010 est.
246	.	Latvia	NA		NA
75	.	Lebanon	28.00		1999 est.
27	.	Lesotho	49.00		1999
3	.	Liberia	80.00		2000 est.
241	.	Libya	NA		NA
244	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
148	.	Lithuania	4.00		2003
248	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
250	.	Macau	NA		NA
73	.	Macedonia	28.70		2008
25	.	Madagascar	50.00		2004 est.
21	.	Malawi	53.00		2004
150	.	Malaysia	3.60		2007 est.
116	.	Maldives	16.00		2008
50	.	Mali	36.10		2005 est.
227	.	Malta	NA		NA
226	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
41	.	Mauritania	40.00		2004 est.
142	.	Mauritius	8.00		2006 est.
225	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
108	.	Mexico	18.20		2008
77	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.70		2000
79	.	Moldova	26.30		2009
228	.	Monaco	NA		NA
49	.	Mongolia	36.10		2004
144	.	Montenegro	6.60		2010 est.
221	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
121	.	Morocco	15.00		2007 est.
19	.	Mozambique	54.00		2008 est.
16	.	Namibia	55.80		2005 est.
229	.	Nauru	NA		NA
222	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
64	.	Nepal	30.90		2011
135	.	Netherlands	10.50		2005
224	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
223	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
28	.	Nicaragua	48.00		2005
13	.	Niger	63.00		1993 est.
6	.	Nigeria	70.00		2007 est.
156	.	Niue	NA		NA
154	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
159	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
162	.	Norway	NA		NA
163	.	Oman	NA		NA
158	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
88	.	Pakistan	24.00		FY05/06 est.
155	.	Palau	NA		NA
83	.	Panama	25.60		2010 est.
48	.	Papua New Guinea	37.00		2002 est.
161	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
104	.	Paraguay	18.80		2009 est.
55	.	Peru	34.80		2009
57	.	Philippines	32.90		2006 est.
160	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
110	.	Poland	17.00		2003 est.
109	.	Portugal	18.00		2006
157	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
153	.	Qatar	NA		NA
85	.	Romania	25.00		2005 est.
127	.	Russia	13.10		2010
14	.	Rwanda	60.00		2001 est.
177	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
169	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
165	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
167	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
172	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
170	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
164	.	Samoa	NA		NA
174	.	San Marino	NA		NA
18	.	Sao Tome and Principe	54.00		2004 est.
173	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
17	.	Senegal	54.00		2001 est.
140	.	Serbia	8.80		2010 est.
175	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
5	.	Sierra Leone	70.20		2004
168	.	Singapore	NA		NA
171	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
96	.	Slovakia	21.00		2002
129	.	Slovenia	12.30		2008
178	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
166	.	Somalia	NA		NA
23	.	South Africa	50.00		2000 est.
185	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
182	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
180	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
100	.	Spain	19.80		2005
183	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
92	.	Sri Lanka	23.00		2008 est.
40	.	Sudan	40.00		2004 est.
7	.	Suriname	70.00		2002 est.
184	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
8	.	Swaziland	69.00		2006
181	.	Sweden	NA		NA
143	.	Switzerland	6.90		2010
131	.	Syria	11.90		2006 est.
152	.	Taiwan	1.16		2010 est.
20	.	Tajikistan	53.00		2009 est.
51	.	Tanzania	36.00		2002 est.
136	.	Thailand	9.60		2006 est.
36	.	Timor-Leste	42.00		2003 est.
59	.	Togo	32.00		1989 est.
179	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
89	.	Tonga	24.00		FY03/04
111	.	Trinidad and Tobago	17.00		2007 est.
149	.	Tunisia	3.80		2005 est.
113	.	Turkey	16.90		2010
69	.	Turkmenistan	30.00		2004 est.
219	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
220	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
54	.	Uganda	35.00		2001 est.
53	.	Ukraine	35.00		2009
102	.	United Arab Emirates	19.50		2003
124	.	United Kingdom	14.00		2006 est.
120	.	United States	15.10		2010 est.
214	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
97	.	Uruguay	20.90		2009
81	.	Uzbekistan	26.00		2008 est.
213	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
45	.	Venezuela	37.90		2005 est.
134	.	Vietnam	10.60		2010 est.
72	.	Virgin Islands	28.90		2002
215	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
216	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
107	.	West Bank	18.30		2010 est.
217	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
218	.	World	NA		NA
33	.	Yemen	45.20		2003
12	.	Zambia	64.00		2006
10	.	Zimbabwe	68.00		2004

NOTE: The information regarding Population below poverty line(%) 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Population below poverty line(%) 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Population below poverty line(%) 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.