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03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Population living below $2 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 17.4
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile 5.6
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 2.9
43 Lithuania 7.8
44 Estonia 7.5
45 Latvia 4.7
46 Uruguay 5.7
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 9.8
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 11.6
53 Bulgaria 6.1
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 39.0
60 Romania 12.9
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 18.0
63 Malaysia 9.3
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 12.1
68 Albania 10.0
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 21.2
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 16.0
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 40.1
75 Colombia 17.8
76 Ukraine 4.9
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 25.2
79 Dominican Republic 16.2
80 Belize ..
81 China 34.9
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 31.1
84 Turkey 18.7
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 7.0
87 Peru 30.6
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 40.8
90 Philippines 43.0
91 Tunisia 6.6
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.3
95 Paraguay 29.8
96 Georgia 25.3
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 33.4
99 Sri Lanka 41.6
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica 14.4
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 40.6
104 Algeria 15.1
105 Viet Nam ..
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 52.4
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 79.9
111 Moldova 20.8
112 Egypt 43.9
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 44.6
115 Honduras 35.7
116 Kyrgyzstan 21.4
117 Bolivia 42.2
118 Guatemala 31.9
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 34.1
122 Tajikistan 42.8
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 55.5
125 Namibia 55.8
126 Morocco 14.3
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 80.4
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 74.1
131 Cambodia 77.7
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 78.5
136 Pakistan 73.6
137 Mauritania 63.1
138 Lesotho 56.1
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 84.0
141 Swaziland 77.8
142 Nepal 68.5
143 Madagascar 85.1
144 Cameroon 50.6
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 78.0
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 58.3
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 83.0
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 45.2
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia 82.9
156 Senegal 56.2
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 92.4
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 89.9
160 Guinea ..
161 Rwanda 87.8
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 73.7
164 Malawi 62.9
165 Zambia 87.2
166 Côte d'Ivoire 48.8
167 Burundi 87.6
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 77.8
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic 84.0
172 Mozambique 74.1
173 Mali 72.1
174 Niger 85.8
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 71.8
177 Sierra Leone 74.5 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.