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04Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Population living below 50% of median income (%)
| HDI Rank | Country | 2000-2004 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | .. | 2 |
| 2 | Norway | 6.4 | 2 |
| 3 | Australia | 12.2 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 11.4 | 2 |
| 5 | Ireland | 16.2 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | 6.5 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 7.6 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan | 11.8 | 3 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 7.3 | 4 |
| 10 | France | 7.3 | 2 |
| 11 | Finland | 5.4 | 2 |
| 12 | United States | 17.0 | 2 |
| 13 | Spain | 14.2 | 2 |
| 14 | Denmark | 5.6 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria | 7.7 | 2 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 12.5 | 4 |
| 17 | Belgium | 8.0 | 2 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 6.0 | 2 |
| 19 | New Zealand | .. | 2 |
| 20 | Italy | 12.7 | 2 |
| 21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | .. | 2 |
| 22 | Germany | 8.4 | 2 |
| 23 | Israel | 15.6 | 2 |
| 24 | Greece | 14.3 | 2 |
| 25 | Singapore | .. | 2 |
| 26 | Korea (Republic of) | .. | 2 |
| 27 | Slovenia | 8.2 | 4 |
| 28 | Cyprus | .. | 2 |
| 29 | Portugal | .. | 2 |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | .. | 2 |
| 31 | Barbados | .. | 2 |
| 32 | Czech Republic | 4.9 | 4 |
| 33 | Kuwait | .. | 2 |
| 34 | Malta | .. | 2 |
| 35 | Qatar | .. | 2 |
| 36 | Hungary | 6.7 | 4 |
| 37 | Poland | 8.6 | 4 |
| 38 | Argentina | .. | 2 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | .. | 2 |
| 40 | Chile | .. | 2 |
| 41 | Bahrain | .. | 2 |
| 42 | Slovakia | 7.0 | 4 |
| 43 | Lithuania | .. | 2 |
| 44 | Estonia | 12.4 | 2 |
| 45 | Latvia | .. | 2 |
| 46 | Uruguay | .. | 2 |
| 47 | Croatia | .. | 2 |
| 48 | Costa Rica | .. | 2 |
| 49 | Bahamas | .. | 2 |
| 50 | Seychelles | .. | 2 |
| 51 | Cuba | .. | 2 |
| 52 | Mexico | 20.2 | 2 |
| 53 | Bulgaria | .. | 2 |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | .. | 2 |
| 55 | Tonga | .. | 2 |
| 56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | .. | 2 |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | 2 |
| 58 | Oman | .. | 2 |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | .. | 2 |
| 60 | Romania | 8.1 | 4 |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | .. | 2 |
| 62 | Panama | .. | 2 |
| 63 | Malaysia | .. | 2 |
| 64 | Belarus | .. | 2 |
| 65 | Mauritius | .. | 2 |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | 2 |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 18.8 | 2 |
| 68 | Albania | .. | 2 |
| 69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | .. | 2 |
| 70 | Brazil | .. | 2 |
| 71 | Dominica | .. | 2 |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | .. | 2 |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | .. | 2 |
| 74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | .. | 2 |
| 75 | Colombia | .. | 2 |
| 76 | Ukraine | .. | 2 |
| 77 | Samoa | .. | 2 |
| 78 | Thailand | .. | 2 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | .. | 2 |
| 80 | Belize | .. | 2 |
| 81 | China | .. | 2 |
| 82 | Grenada | .. | 2 |
| 83 | Armenia | .. | 2 |
| 84 | Turkey | .. | 2 |
| 85 | Suriname | .. | 2 |
| 86 | Jordan | .. | 2 |
| 87 | Peru | .. | 2 |
| 88 | Lebanon | .. | 2 |
| 89 | Ecuador | .. | 2 |
| 90 | Philippines | .. | 2 |
| 91 | Tunisia | .. | 2 |
| 92 | Fiji | .. | 2 |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | .. | 2 |
| 94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | .. | 2 |
| 95 | Paraguay | .. | 2 |
| 96 | Georgia | .. | 2 |
| 97 | Guyana | .. | 2 |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | .. | 2 |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | .. | 2 |
| 100 | Maldives | .. | 2 |
| 101 | Jamaica | .. | 2 |
| 102 | Cape Verde | .. | 2 |
| 103 | El Salvador | .. | 2 |
| 104 | Algeria | .. | 2 |
| 105 | Viet Nam | .. | 2 |
| 106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | 2 |
| 107 | Indonesia | .. | 2 |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | .. | 2 |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | .. | 2 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | .. | 2 |
| 111 | Moldova | .. | 2 |
| 112 | Egypt | .. | 2 |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | .. | 2 |
| 114 | Mongolia | .. | 2 |
| 115 | Honduras | .. | 2 |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | .. | 2 |
| 117 | Bolivia | .. | 2 |
| 118 | Guatemala | .. | 2 |
| 119 | Gabon | .. | 2 |
| 120 | Vanuatu | .. | 2 |
| 121 | South Africa | .. | 2 |
| 122 | Tajikistan | .. | 2 |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | .. | 2 |
| 124 | Botswana | .. | 2 |
| 125 | Namibia | .. | 2 |
| 126 | Morocco | .. | 2 |
| 127 | Equatorial Guinea | .. | 2 |
| 128 | India | .. | 2 |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | .. | 2 |
| 130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | .. | 2 |
| 131 | Cambodia | .. | 2 |
| 132 | Myanmar | .. | 2 |
| 133 | Bhutan | .. | 2 |
| 134 | Comoros | .. | 2 |
| 135 | Ghana | .. | 2 |
| 136 | Pakistan | .. | 2 |
| 137 | Mauritania | .. | 2 |
| 138 | Lesotho | .. | 2 |
| 139 | Congo | .. | 2 |
| 140 | Bangladesh | .. | 2 |
| 141 | Swaziland | .. | 2 |
| 142 | Nepal | .. | 2 |
| 143 | Madagascar | .. | 2 |
| 144 | Cameroon | .. | 2 |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | .. | 2 |
| 146 | Haiti | .. | 2 |
| 147 | Sudan | .. | 2 |
| 148 | Kenya | .. | 2 |
| 149 | Djibouti | .. | 2 |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | .. | 2 |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | .. | 2 |
| 152 | Togo | .. | 2 |
| 153 | Yemen | .. | 2 |
| 154 | Uganda | .. | 2 |
| 155 | Gambia | .. | 2 |
| 156 | Senegal | .. | 2 |
| 157 | Eritrea | .. | 2 |
| 158 | Nigeria | .. | 2 |
| 159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | .. | 2 |
| 160 | Guinea | .. | 2 |
| 161 | Rwanda | .. | 2 |
| 162 | Angola | .. | 2 |
| 163 | Benin | .. | 2 |
| 164 | Malawi | .. | 2 |
| 165 | Zambia | .. | 2 |
| 166 | Côte d'Ivoire | .. | 2 |
| 167 | Burundi | .. | 2 |
| 168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | .. | 2 |
| 169 | Ethiopia | .. | 2 |
| 170 | Chad | .. | 2 |
| 171 | Central African Republic | .. | 2 |
| 172 | Mozambique | .. | 2 |
| 173 | Mali | .. | 2 |
| 174 | Niger | .. | 2 |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | .. | 2 |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | .. | 2 |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | .. | 2 |
Notes :
This table includes Israel and Malta, which are not OECD member countries, but excludes the Republic of Korea, Mexico and Turkey, which are. For the human poverty index (HPI-1) and related indicators for these countries, see Table 3. † Denotes indicator used to calculate HPI-2; for details see Technical note 1.
| 1 - | Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified. |
| 2 - | |
| 3 - | Smeeding, Timothy M. 1997. “Financial Poverty in Developed Countries: The Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study.” Background paper for UNDP, Human Development Report 1997. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report Office, New York. |
| 4 - | Data refer to a year between 1996 and 1999. |
Source :
LIS (Luxembourg Income Studies). 2007. "Relative Poverty Rates for the Total Population, Children and the Elderly." Luxembourg. [http://www.lisproject.org/]. Accessed May 2007.
