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03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Population living below $1 a day (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990-2005 1
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 6.6
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile ..
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay ..
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 3.3
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 3.0
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 12.4
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 7.4
63 Malaysia ..
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 7.5
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan ..
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.5
75 Colombia 7.0
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand ..
79 Dominican Republic 2.8
80 Belize ..
81 China 9.9
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 3.4
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan ..
87 Peru 10.5
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 17.7
90 Philippines 14.8
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
95 Paraguay 13.6
96 Georgia 6.5
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 3.7
99 Sri Lanka 5.6
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 19.0
104 Algeria ..
105 Viet Nam ..
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 7.5
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 45.1
111 Moldova ..
112 Egypt 3.1
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 10.8
115 Honduras 14.9
116 Kyrgyzstan ..
117 Bolivia 23.2
118 Guatemala 13.5
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 10.7
122 Tajikistan 7.4
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 28.0
125 Namibia 34.9
126 Morocco ..
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 34.3
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.0
131 Cambodia 34.1
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 44.8
136 Pakistan 17.0
137 Mauritania 25.9
138 Lesotho 36.4
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 41.3
141 Swaziland 47.7
142 Nepal 24.1
143 Madagascar 61.0
144 Cameroon 17.1
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 53.9
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 22.8
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 56.1
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 15.7
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia 59.3
156 Senegal 17.0
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 70.8
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 57.8
160 Guinea ..
161 Rwanda 60.3
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 30.9
164 Malawi 20.8
165 Zambia 63.8
166 Côte d'Ivoire 14.8
167 Burundi 54.6
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 23.0
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic 66.6
172 Mozambique 36.2
173 Mali 36.1
174 Niger 60.6
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 27.2
177 Sierra Leone 57.0 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 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.

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