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Human Development Report 2009

I-1Human and income poverty
Population living below $2 a day (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2007 1
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Netherlands ..
7 Sweden ..
8 France ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland ..
13 United States ..
14 Austria ..
15 Spain ..
16 Denmark ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Italy ..
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom ..
22 Germany ..
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece ..
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 2 3
27 Israel ..
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic .. 3
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland ..
42 Slovakia .. 3
43 Hungary ..
44 Chile 2.4
45 Croatia ..
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina 11.3 2
50 Uruguay 4.2 2
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 4.8
54 Costa Rica 8.6
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.2
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 17.8
61 Bulgaria 2.4
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 3.4
64 Trinidad and Tobago 13.5 3
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 7.8
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia 40.6 3
70 Albania 7.8
71 Russian Federation ..
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 3.2
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 12.7
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia 27.9
78 Peru 18.5
79 Turkey 9.0
80 Ecuador 12.8
81 Mauritius ..
82 Kazakhstan 17.2
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 43.4
85 Ukraine ..
86 Azerbaijan ..
87 Thailand 11.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.0
89 Georgia 30.4
90 Dominican Republic 15.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 36.3 4
93 Belize ..
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan 3.5
97 Suriname 27.2 3
98 Tunisia 12.8
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 5.8
101 Paraguay 14.2
102 Sri Lanka 39.7
103 Gabon 19.6
104 Algeria 23.6 3
105 Philippines 45.0
106 El Salvador 20.5
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan 49.6 3
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia ..
112 Honduras 29.7
113 Bolivia 30.3
114 Guyana 16.8 3
115 Mongolia 49.0
116 Viet Nam 48.4
117 Moldova 28.9
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan 76.7
120 Kyrgyzstan 51.9
121 Cape Verde 40.2
122 Guatemala 24.3
123 Egypt 18.4
124 Nicaragua 31.8
125 Botswana 49.4 3
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 50.8
128 Namibia 62.2 3
129 South Africa 42.9
130 Morocco 14.0
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan 49.5
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.8
134 India 75.6 4
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 74.4
137 Cambodia 68.2
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 65.0
140 Yemen 46.6
141 Pakistan 60.3
142 Swaziland 81.0
143 Angola 70.2
144 Nepal 77.6 4
145 Madagascar 89.6
146 Bangladesh 81.3 5
147 Kenya 39.9
148 Papua New Guinea 57.4 3
149 Haiti 72.1
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 96.6
152 Ghana 53.6
153 Cameroon 57.7
154 Mauritania 44.1
155 Djibouti 41.2
156 Lesotho 62.2
157 Uganda 75.6
158 Nigeria 83.9
159 Togo 69.3
160 Malawi 90.4
161 Benin 75.3
162 Timor-Leste 77.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire 46.8
164 Zambia 81.5
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 60.3
167 Rwanda 90.3
168 Gambia 56.7
169 Liberia 94.8
170 Guinea 87.2
171 Ethiopia 77.5
172 Mozambique 90.0
173 Guinea-Bissau 77.9
174 Burundi 93.4
175 Chad 83.3
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 79.5
177 Burkina Faso 81.2
178 Mali 77.1
179 Central African Republic 81.9
180 Sierra Leone 76.1
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 85.6
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..


Notes :
† Denotes indicators used to calcualte the human poverty index (HPI-1). For further details, see Technical note 1: www.hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/tn1
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 - Estimates cover urban areas only.
3 - Data refer to an earlier year outside the range of years specified.
4 - Estimates are weighted averages of urban and rural values.
5 - Estimates are adjusted by spatial consumer price index information.


Sources :
World Bank (2009d). "World Development Indicators". Washington DC: World Bank.


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