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Rank	Country	Population below poverty line (%)
1	Chad	80
2	Haiti	80
3	Liberia	80
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71
5	Sierra Leone	70.2
6	Nigeria	70
7	Suriname	70
8	Swaziland	69
9	Zimbabwe	68
10	Burundi	68
11	Sao Tome and Principe	66.2
12	Zambia	64
13	Niger	63
14	Comoros	60
15	Honduras	60
16	Namibia	55.8
17	Guatemala	54
18	Mozambique	54
19	Senegal	54
20	Malawi	53
21	Mexico	51.3
22	Bolivia	51.3
23	South Sudan	50.6
24	South Africa	50
25	Madagascar	50
26	Kenya	50
27	Eritrea	50
28	Lesotho	49
29	Gambia, The	48.4
30	Cameroon	48
31	Guinea	47
32	Tajikistan	46.7
33	Burkina Faso	46.7
34	Sudan	46.5
35	Nicaragua	46.2
36	Yemen	45.2
37	Rwanda	44.9
38	Belize	43
39	Djibouti	42
40	Cote d'Ivoire	42
41	East Timor	41
42	Angola	40.5
43	Mauritania	40
44	Mongolia	39.2
45	Grenada	38
46	Gaza Strip	38
47	Benin	37.4
48	Colombia	37.2
49	Papua New Guinea	37
50	El Salvador	36.5
51	Mali	36.1
52	Tanzania	36
53	Afghanistan	36
54	Armenia	35.8
55	Guyana	35
56	Ukraine	35
57	Paraguay	34.7
58	Dominican Republic	34.4
59	Kyrgyzstan	33.7
60	Burma	32.7
61	Togo	32
62	Bangladesh	31.51
63	Peru	31.3
64	Cambodia	31
65	Fiji	31
66	Macedonia	30.9
67	Botswana	30.3
68	Argentina	30
69	Cape Verde	30
70	Kosovo	30
71	Turkmenistan	30
72	India	29.8
73	Ethiopia	29.2
74	Dominica	29
75	Panama	29
76	Virgin Islands	28.9
77	Ecuador	28.6
78	Ghana	28.5
79	Lebanon	28
80	Venezuela	27.4
81	Belarus	27.1
82	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7
83	Philippines	26.5
84	Laos	26
85	Uzbekistan	26
86	Nepal	25.2
87	Iraq	25
88	Uganda	24.5
89	Costa Rica	24.2
90	Tonga	24
91	Israel	23.6
92	Bhutan	23.2
93	Anguilla	23
94	Algeria	23
95	Guam	23
96	Pakistan	22.3
97	Moldova	21.9
98	Bulgaria	21.8
99	Brazil	21.4
100	Romania	21.1
101	Slovakia	21
102	Greece	20
103	Egypt	20
104	Spain	19.8
105	United Arab Emirates	19.5
106	Bermuda	19
107	Iran	18.7
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.6
109	Uruguay	18.6
110	West Bank	18.3
111	Croatia	18
112	Portugal	18
113	Estonia	17.5
114	Poland	17
115	Trinidad and Tobago	17
116	Turkey	16.9
117	Jamaica	16.5
118	Japan	16
119	Maldives	16
120	Germany	15.5
121	Belgium	15.2
122	Chile	15.1
123	United States	15.1
124	Morocco	15
125	Korea, South	15
126	Vietnam	14.5
127	Jordan	14.2
128	United Kingdom	14
129	Hungary	13.9
130	China	13.4
131	Denmark	13.4
132	Russia	13.1
133	Albania	12.5
134	Indonesia	12.5
135	Slovenia	12.3
136	Syria	11.9
137	Azerbaijan	11
138	Netherlands	10.5
139	Georgia	9.7
140	Canada	9.4
141	Bahamas, The	9.3
142	Greenland	9.2
143	Serbia	9.2
144	Czech Republic	9
145	Sri Lanka	8.9
146	Kazakhstan	8.2
147	Thailand	8.1
148	Mauritius	8
149	Switzerland	6.9
150	Montenegro	6.6
151	France	6.2
152	Austria	6
153	Ireland	5.5
154	Lithuania	4
155	Malaysia	3.8
156	Tunisia	3.8
157	Taiwan	1.16

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Population below poverty line map

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