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2007/2008 Human Development Report

03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Population living below the national poverty line (%) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990-2004 1
1 Iceland .. 2
2 Norway .. 2
3 Australia .. 2
4 Canada .. 2
5 Ireland .. 2
6 Sweden .. 2
7 Switzerland .. 2
8 Japan .. 2
9 Netherlands .. 2
10 France .. 2
11 Finland .. 2
12 United States .. 2
13 Spain .. 2
14 Denmark .. 2
15 Austria .. 2
16 United Kingdom .. 2
17 Belgium .. 2
18 Luxembourg .. 2
19 New Zealand .. 2
20 Italy .. 2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 2
22 Germany .. 2
23 Israel .. 2
24 Greece .. 2
25 Singapore .. 2
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 2
27 Slovenia .. 2
28 Cyprus .. 2
29 Portugal .. 2
30 Brunei Darussalam .. 2
31 Barbados .. 2
32 Czech Republic .. 2
33 Kuwait .. 2
34 Malta .. 2
35 Qatar .. 2
36 Hungary 17.3 2
37 Poland 23.8 2
38 Argentina .. 2
39 United Arab Emirates .. 2
40 Chile 17.0 2
41 Bahrain .. 2
42 Slovakia .. 2
43 Lithuania .. 2
44 Estonia 8.9 2
45 Latvia .. 2
46 Uruguay .. 2
47 Croatia .. 2
48 Costa Rica 22.0 2
49 Bahamas .. 2
50 Seychelles .. 2
51 Cuba .. 2
52 Mexico 17.6 2
53 Bulgaria 12.8 2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. 2
55 Tonga .. 2
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. 2
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 2
58 Oman .. 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 21.0 2
60 Romania 21.5 2
61 Saudi Arabia .. 2
62 Panama 37.3 2
63 Malaysia 15.5 3
64 Belarus 41.9 2
65 Mauritius .. 2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.5 2
67 Russian Federation 30.9 2
68 Albania 25.4 2
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 21.7 2
70 Brazil 21.5 2
71 Dominica .. 2
72 Saint Lucia .. 2
73 Kazakhstan 34.6 2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 31.3 3
75 Colombia 64.0 2
76 Ukraine 19.5 2
77 Samoa .. 2
78 Thailand 13.6 2
79 Dominican Republic 42.2 2
80 Belize .. 2
81 China 4.6 2
82 Grenada .. 2
83 Armenia 50.9 2
84 Turkey 27.0 2
85 Suriname .. 2
86 Jordan 14.2 2
87 Peru 53.1 2
88 Lebanon .. 2
89 Ecuador 46.0 2
90 Philippines 36.8 2
91 Tunisia 7.6 2
92 Fiji .. 2
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. 2
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .. 2
95 Paraguay 21.8 2
96 Georgia 54.5 2
97 Guyana .. 2
98 Azerbaijan 49.6 2
99 Sri Lanka 25.0 2
100 Maldives .. 2
101 Jamaica 18.7 2
102 Cape Verde .. 2
103 El Salvador 37.2 2
104 Algeria 22.6 2
105 Viet Nam 28.9 2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 2
107 Indonesia 27.1 2
108 Syrian Arab Republic .. 2
109 Turkmenistan .. 2
110 Nicaragua 47.9 2
111 Moldova 48.5 2
112 Egypt 16.7 2
113 Uzbekistan 27.5 2
114 Mongolia 36.1 2
115 Honduras 50.7 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 41.0 2
117 Bolivia 62.7 2
118 Guatemala 56.2 2
119 Gabon .. 2
120 Vanuatu .. 2
121 South Africa .. 2
122 Tajikistan .. 2
123 Sao Tome and Principe .. 2
124 Botswana .. 2
125 Namibia .. 2
126 Morocco 19.0 2
127 Equatorial Guinea .. 2
128 India 28.6 2
129 Solomon Islands .. 2
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.6 2
131 Cambodia 35.0 2
132 Myanmar .. 2
133 Bhutan .. 2
134 Comoros .. 2
135 Ghana 39.5 2
136 Pakistan 32.6 2
137 Mauritania 46.3 2
138 Lesotho .. 2
139 Congo .. 2
140 Bangladesh 49.8 2
141 Swaziland .. 2
142 Nepal 30.9 2
143 Madagascar 71.3 2
144 Cameroon 40.2 2
145 Papua New Guinea 37.5 2
146 Haiti 65.0 3
147 Sudan .. 2
148 Kenya 52.0 2
149 Djibouti .. 2
150 Timor-Leste .. 2
151 Zimbabwe 34.9 2
152 Togo 32.3 3
153 Yemen 41.8 2
154 Uganda 37.7 2
155 Gambia 57.6 2
156 Senegal 33.4 2
157 Eritrea 53.0 2
158 Nigeria 34.1 2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 35.7 2
160 Guinea 40.0 2
161 Rwanda 60.3 2
162 Angola .. 2
163 Benin 29.0 2
164 Malawi 65.3 2
165 Zambia 68.0 2
166 Côte d'Ivoire .. 2
167 Burundi 36.4 2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) .. 2
169 Ethiopia 44.2 2
170 Chad 64.0 2
171 Central African Republic .. 2
172 Mozambique 69.4 2
173 Mali 63.8 2
174 Niger 63.0 3
175 Guinea-Bissau .. 2
176 Burkina Faso 46.4 2
177 Sierra Leone 70.2 2

Notes :
† Denotes indicators used to calculate the human poverty index (HPI-1). For further details, see Technical note 1.
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 -
3 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.

Sources :
World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.
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