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3Human and income poverty: developing countries
Population living below $2 a day (%)

The percentage of the population living below the specified poverty line: • $1 a day—at 1985 international prices (equivalent to $1.08 at 1993 international prices), adjusted for purchasing power parity. • $2 a day—at 1985 international prices (equivalent to $2.15 at 1993 international prices), adjusted for purchasing power parity. • $4 a day—at 1990 international prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity. • $11 a day (per person for a family of three)—at 1994 international prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity. • National poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. • 50% of median income—50% of the median adjusted disposable household income. See PPP (purchasing power parity).

HDI Rank Country 1990-2004 - 1
1 Norway ..
2 Iceland ..
3 Australia ..
4 Ireland ..
5 Sweden ..
6 Canada ..
7 Japan ..
8 United States ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Netherlands ..
11 Finland ..
12 Luxembourg ..
13 Belgium ..
14 Austria ..
15 Denmark ..
16 France ..
17 Italy ..
18 United Kingdom ..
19 Spain ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 Germany ..
22 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea, Rep. of ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Portugal ..
29 Cyprus ..
30 Czech Republic ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Malta ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Brunei Darussalam ..
35 Hungary ..
36 Argentina 23.0
37 Poland ..
38 Chile 9.6
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia 7.5
41 Lithuania 7.8
42 Slovakia 2.9
43 Uruguay 5.7
44 Croatia ..
45 Latvia 4.7
46 Qatar ..
47 Seychelles ..
48 Costa Rica 7.5
49 United Arab Emirates ..
50 Cuba ..
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 20.4
54 Bulgaria 6.1
55 Tonga ..
56 Oman ..
57 Trinidad and Tobago 39.0
58 Panama 17.1
59 Antigua and Barbuda ..
60 Romania 12.9
61 Malaysia 9.3
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
63 Mauritius ..
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
65 Russian Federation 12.1
66 Macedonia, TFYR ..
67 Belarus ..
68 Dominica ..
69 Brazil 21.2
70 Colombia 17.8
71 Saint Lucia ..
72 Venezuela, RB 27.6
73 Albania 11.8
74 Thailand 25.2
75 Samoa (Western) ..
76 Saudi Arabia ..
77 Ukraine 4.9
78 Lebanon ..
79 Kazakhstan 16.0
80 Armenia 31.1
81 China 46.7
82 Peru 31.8
83 Ecuador 37.2
84 Philippines 47.5
85 Grenada ..
86 Jordan 7.0
87 Tunisia 6.6
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
89 Suriname ..
90 Fiji ..
91 Paraguay 33.2
92 Turkey 18.7
93 Sri Lanka 41.6
94 Dominican Republic 11.0
95 Belize ..
96 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 7.3
97 Georgia 25.3
98 Maldives ..
99 Azerbaijan ..
100 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
101 El Salvador 40.6
102 Algeria 15.1
103 Guyana ..
104 Jamaica 13.3
105 Turkmenistan ..
106 Cape Verde ..
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Indonesia 52.4
109 Viet Nam ..
110 Kyrgyzstan 21.4
111 Egypt 43.9
112 Nicaragua 79.9
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Moldova, Rep. of 63.7
115 Bolivia 42.2
116 Mongolia 74.9
117 Honduras 44.0
118 Guatemala 31.9
119 Vanuatu ..
120 Equatorial Guinea ..
121 South Africa 34.1
122 Tajikistan 42.8
123 Morocco 14.3
124 Gabon ..
125 Namibia 55.8
126 India 79.9
127 São Tomé and Principe ..
128 Solomon Islands ..
129 Cambodia 77.7
130 Myanmar ..
131 Botswana 50.1
132 Comoros ..
133 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 74.1
134 Pakistan 73.6
135 Bhutan ..
136 Ghana 78.5
137 Bangladesh 82.8
138 Nepal 68.5
139 Papua New Guinea ..
140 Congo ..
141 Sudan ..
142 Timor-Leste ..
143 Madagascar 85.1
144 Cameroon 50.6
145 Uganda ..
146 Swaziland ..
147 Togo ..
148 Djibouti ..
149 Lesotho 56.1
150 Yemen 45.2
151 Zimbabwe 83.0
152 Kenya 58.3
153 Mauritania 63.1
154 Haiti 78.0
155 Gambia 82.9
156 Senegal 63.0
157 Eritrea ..
158 Rwanda 83.7
159 Nigeria 92.4
160 Guinea ..
161 Angola ..
162 Tanzania, U. Rep. of 89.9
163 Benin 73.7
164 Côte d'Ivoire 48.8
165 Zambia 94.1
166 Malawi 76.1
167 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the ..
168 Mozambique 78.4
169 Burundi 87.6
170 Ethiopia 77.8
171 Chad ..
172 Central African Republic 84.0
173 Guinea-Bissau ..
174 Burkina Faso 71.8
175 Mali 90.6
176 Sierra Leone 74.5
177 Niger 85.8

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.

Source :
World Bank. 2006. World Development Indicators 2006. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.