World Population Poverty Line 2009

Rank	Country	Population below poverty line (%)
1	Zambia	86
2	Chad	80
3	Gaza Strip	80
4	Haiti	80
5	Liberia	80
6	Sierra Leone	70.2
7	Mozambique	70
8	Nigeria	70
9	Suriname	70
10	Swaziland	69
11	Burundi	68
12	Zimbabwe	68
13	Niger	63
14	Rwanda	60
15	Tajikistan	60
16	Comoros	60
17	Bolivia	60
18	Guatemala	56.2
19	Sao Tome and Principe	54
20	Senegal	54
21	Malawi	53
22	Afghanistan	53
23	Honduras	50.7
24	Kenya	50
25	Eritrea	50
26	Madagascar	50
27	South Africa	50
28	Colombia	49.2
29	Lesotho	49
30	Nicaragua	48
31	Cameroon	48
32	Guinea	47
33	Burkina Faso	46.4
34	West Bank	46
35	Yemen	45.2
36	Bangladesh	45
37	Peru	44.5
38	Dominican Republic	42.2
39	Cote d'Ivoire	42
40	Djibouti	42
41	East Timor	42
42	Angola	40.5
43	Kyrgyzstan	40
44	Sudan	40
45	Mauritania	40
46	Ethiopia	38.7
47	Ecuador	38.3
48	Venezuela	37.9
49	Ukraine	37.7
50	Benin	37.4
51	Papua New Guinea	37
52	Mali	36.1
53	Mongolia	36.1
54	Tanzania	36
55	Uganda	35
56	Cambodia	35
57	Namibia	34.9
58	Belize	33.5
59	Uzbekistan	33
60	Burma	32.7
61	Grenada	32
62	Togo	32
63	Paraguay	32
64	Bhutan	31.7
65	Brazil	31
66	Georgia	31
67	Nepal	30.9
68	Laos	30.7
69	El Salvador	30.7
70	Botswana	30.3
71	Dominica	30
72	Cape Verde	30
73	Philippines	30
74	Turkmenistan	30
75	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	29.8
76	Moldova	29.5
77	Virgin Islands	28.9
78	Panama	28.6
79	Ghana	28.5
80	Lebanon	28
81	Uruguay	27.4
82	Belarus	27.1
83	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7
84	Armenia	26.5
85	Fiji	25.5
86	India	25
87	Albania	25
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
89	Romania	25
90	Pakistan	24
91	Tonga	24
92	Azerbaijan	24
93	Argentina	23.4
94	Anguilla	23
95	Algeria	23
96	Guam	23
97	Sri Lanka	22
98	Israel	21.6
99	Slovakia	21
100	Maldives	21
101	Turkey	20
102	Egypt	20
103	Spain	19.8
104	United Arab Emirates	19.5
105	Bermuda	19
106	Chile	18.2
107	Iran	18
108	Portugal	18
109	Indonesia	17.8
110	Poland	17
111	Trinidad and Tobago	17
112	Costa Rica	16
113	Russia	15.8
114	Belgium	15.2
115	Korea, South	15
116	Morocco	15
117	Vietnam	14.8
118	Jamaica	14.8
119	Jordan	14.2
120	Bulgaria	14.1
121	United Kingdom	14
122	Mexico	13.8
123	Kazakhstan	13.8
124	Slovenia	12.9
125	United States	12
126	Syria	11.9
127	Croatia	11
128	Germany	11
129	Canada	10.8
130	Netherlands	10.5
131	Thailand	10
132	Bahamas, The	9.3
133	Hungary	8.6
134	China	8
135	Mauritius	8
136	Libya	7.4
137	Tunisia	7.4
138	Montenegro	7
139	Ireland	7
140	France	6.2
141	Austria	5.9
142	Malaysia	5.1
143	Estonia	5
144	Lithuania	4
145	Taiwan	0.95

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, 2009