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Poverty: National poverty rates
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Economics, Business, and the Environment — Poverty: National poverty rates
Units: Percent (%) of national population

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 ISO1987-2006
Country
Albania {1}ALB25.4
Algeria {2}DZA22.6
Armenia {3}ARM50.9
Azerbaijan {4}AZE49.6
Bangladesh {5}BGD49.8
Belarus {6}BLR18.5
Benin {7}BEN29.0
Bolivia {8}BOL65.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina {9}BIH19.5
Brazil {10}BRA21.5
Bulgaria {11}BGR12.8
Burkina Faso {12}BFA46.4
Burundi {13}BDI68.0
Cambodia {14}KHM35.0
Cameroon {15}CMR40.2
Chad {16}TCD64.0
Chile {17}CHL17.0
China {18}CHN4.6
Colombia {19}COL64.0
Costa Rica {20}CRI23.9
Dominican Rep {21}DOM42.2
Ecuador {22}ECU46.0
Egypt {23}EGY16.7
El Salvador {24}SLV37.2
Eritrea {25}ERI53.0
Estonia {26}EST8.9
Ethiopia {27}ETH44.2
Gambia {28}GMB61.3
Georgia {29}GEO54.5
Ghana {30}GHA28.5
Guatemala {31}GTM56.2
Guinea {32}GIN40.0
Guinea-Bissau {33}GNB65.7
Guyana {34}GUY35.0
Haiti {35}HTI65.0
Honduras {36}HND50.7
Hungary {37}HUN17.3
India {38}IND28.6
Indonesia {39}IDN16.7
Jamaica {40}JAM18.7
Jordan {41}JOR14.2
Kazakhstan {42}KAZ15.4
Kenya {43}KEN52.0
Kyrgyzstan {44}KGZ43.1
Lao People's Dem Rep {45}LAO33.0
Latvia {46}LVA5.9
Lesotho {47}LSO68.0
Macedonia, FYR {48}MKD21.7
Madagascar {49}MDG71.3
Malawi {50}MWI65.3
Malaysia {51}MYS15.5
Mali {52}MLI63.8
Mauritania {53}MRT46.3
Mexico {54}MEX17.6
Moldova, Rep {55}MDA48.5
Mongolia {56}MNG36.1
Morocco {57}MAR19.0
Mozambique {58}MOZ54.1
Nepal {59}NPL30.9
Nicaragua {60}NIC47.9
Niger {61}NER63.0
Nigeria {62}NGA34.1
Pakistan {63}PAK32.6
Panama {64}PAN37.3
Papua New Guinea {65}PNG37.5
Paraguay {66}PRY20.5
Peru {67}PER53.1
Philippines {68}PHL25.1
Poland {69}POL14.6
Romania {70}ROU25.4
Russian Federation {71}RUS19.6
Rwanda {72}RWA60.3
Senegal {73}SEN33.4
Sierra Leone {74}SLE70.2
Sri Lanka {75}LKA22.7
Swaziland {76}SWZ69.2
Tajikistan {77}TJK74.9
Tanzania {78}TZA35.7
Thailand {79}THA13.6
Togo {80}TGO32.3
Trinidad and Tobago {81}TTO21.0
Tunisia {82}TUN7.6
Turkey {83}TUR27.0
Uganda {84}UGA37.7
Ukraine {85}UKR19.5
Uzbekistan {86}UZB27.5
Venezuela {87}VEN31.3
Viet Nam {88}VNM28.9
Yemen {89}YEM41.8
Zambia {90}ZMB68.0
Zimbabwe {91}ZWE34.9

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Footnotes
1 - Albania
  Survey year: 2002.
2 - Algeria
  Survey year: 1995.
3 - Armenia
  Survey year: 2001.
4 - Azerbaijan
  Survey year: 2001.
5 - Bangladesh
  Survey year: 2000.
6 - Belarus
  Survey year: 2002.
7 - Benin
  Survey year: 1999.
8 - Bolivia
  Survey year: 2002.
9 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Survey year: 2002.
10 - Brazil
  Survey year: 2003.
11 - Bulgaria
  Survey year: 2001.
12 - Burkina Faso
  Survey year: 2003.
13 - Burundi
  Survey year: 1998.
14 - Cambodia
  Survey year: 2004.
15 - Cameroon
  Survey year: 2001.
16 - Chad
  Survey year: 1996.
17 - Chile
  Survey year: 1998.
18 - China
  Survey year: 1998.
19 - Colombia
  Survey year: 1999.
20 - Costa Rica
  Survey year: 2004.
21 - Dominican Rep
  Survey year: 2004.
22 - Ecuador
  Survey year: 1998.
23 - Egypt
  Survey year: 2000.
24 - El Salvador
  Survey year: 2002.
25 - Eritrea
  Survey year: 1994.
26 - Estonia
  Survey year: 1995.
27 - Ethiopia
  Survey year: 2000.
28 - Gambia
  Survey year: 2003.
29 - Georgia
  Survey year: 2003.
30 - Ghana
  Survey year: 2006.
31 - Guatemala
  Survey year: 2000.
32 - Guinea
  Survey year: 1994.
33 - Guinea-Bissau
  Survey year: 2002.
34 - Guyana
  Survey year: 1998.
35 - Haiti
  Survey year: 1987.
36 - Honduras
  Survey year: 2004.
37 - Hungary
  Survey year: 1997.
38 - India
  Survey year: 2000.
39 - Indonesia
  Survey year: 2004.
40 - Jamaica
  Survey year: 2000.
41 - Jordan
  Survey year: 2002.
42 - Kazakhstan
  Survey year: 2002.
43 - Kenya
  Survey year: 1997.
44 - Kyrgyzstan
  Survey year: 2005.
45 - Lao People's Dem Rep
  Survey year: 2003.
46 - Latvia
  Survey year: 2004.
47 - Lesotho
  Survey year: 1999.
48 - Macedonia, FYR
  Survey year: 2003.
49 - Madagascar
  Survey year: 1999.
50 - Malawi
  Survey year: 1998.
51 - Malaysia
  Survey year: 1989.
52 - Mali
  Survey year: 1998.
53 - Mauritania
  Survey year: 2000.
54 - Mexico
  Survey year: 2004.
55 - Moldova, Rep
  Survey year: 2002.
56 - Mongolia
  Survey year: 2002.
57 - Morocco
  Survey year: 1999.
58 - Mozambique
  Survey year: 2003.
59 - Nepal
  Survey year: 2004.
60 - Nicaragua
  Survey year: 1998.
61 - Niger
  Survey year: 1993.
62 - Nigeria
  Survey year: 1993.
63 - Pakistan
  Survey year: 1999.
64 - Panama
  Survey year: 1997.
65 - Papua New Guinea
  Survey year: 1996.
66 - Paraguay
  Survey year: 1990.
67 - Peru
  Survey year: 2004.
68 - Philippines
  Survey year: 1997.
69 - Poland
  Survey year: 1996.
70 - Romania
  Survey year: 1995.
71 - Russian Federation
  Survey year: 2002.
72 - Rwanda
  Survey year: 2000.
73 - Senegal
  Survey year: 1992.
74 - Sierra Leone
  Survey year: 2004.
75 - Sri Lanka
  Survey year: 2002.
76 - Swaziland
  Survey year: 2001.
77 - Tajikistan
  Survey year: 1999.
78 - Tanzania
  Survey year: 2001.
79 - Thailand
  Survey year: 1998.
80 - Togo
  Survey year: 1989.
81 - Trinidad and Tobago
  Survey year: 1992.
82 - Tunisia
  Survey year: 1995.
83 - Turkey
  Survey year: 2002.
84 - Uganda
  Survey year: 2003.
85 - Ukraine
  Survey year: 2003.
86 - Uzbekistan
  Survey year: 2000.
87 - Venezuela
  Survey year: 1989.
88 - Viet Nam
  Survey year: 2002.
89 - Yemen
  Survey year: 1998.
90 - Zambia
  Survey year: 2004.
91 - Zimbabwe
  Survey year: 1996.

Source
Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

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