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Countries of the world - by percentage of population living under 2 and 1 dollar a day |
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Created: Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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Updated: Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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The table lists countries sorted by the percentage of the poorest population living on under 2 and 1 dollar a day.
The sourced data refers to the most recent year available during the period 1990-2004.
Only countries for which sourced data is available are listed.
| Country |
Population
(%) < $2 |
Population
(%) < $1 |
| Zambia |
94.1 |
75.8 |
| Nigeria |
92.4 |
70.8 |
| Mali |
90.6 |
72.3 |
| Tanzania |
89.9 |
57.8 |
| Burundi |
87.6 |
54.6 |
| Niger |
85.8 |
60.6 |
| Madagascar |
85.1 |
61 |
| Central African Republic |
84 |
66.6 |
| Rwanda |
83.7 |
51.7 |
| Zimbabwe |
83 |
56.1 |
| Gambia |
82.9 |
59.3 |
| Bangladesh |
82.8 |
36 |
| Nicaragua |
79.9 |
45.1 |
| India |
79.9 |
34.7 |
| Ghana |
78.5 |
44.8 |
| Mozambique |
78.4 |
37.8 |
| Haiti |
78 |
53.9 |
| Ethiopia |
77.8 |
23 |
| Cambodia |
77.7 |
34.1 |
| Malawi |
76.1 |
41.7 |
| Mongolia |
74.9 |
27 |
| Sierra Leone |
74.5 |
N/A |
| Laos |
74.1 |
27 |
| Benin |
73.7 |
30.9 |
| Pakistan |
73.6 |
17 |
| Burkina Faso |
71.8 |
27.2 |
| Nepal |
68.5 |
24.1 |
| Moldova |
63.7 |
22 |
| Mauritania |
63.1 |
25.9 |
| Senegal |
63 |
22.3 |
| Kenya |
58.3 |
22.8 |
| Lesotho |
56.1 |
36.4 |
| Namibia |
55.8 |
34.9 |
| Indonesia |
52.4 |
7.5 |
| Cameroon |
50.6 |
17.1 |
| Botswana |
50.1 |
23.5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
48.8 |
14.8 |
| Philippines |
47.5 |
15.5 |
| People's Republic of China |
46.7 |
16.6 |
| Yemen |
45.2 |
15.7 |
| Honduras |
44 |
20.7 |
| Egypt |
43.9 |
3.1 |
| Tajikistan |
42.8 |
7.4 |
| Bolivia |
42.2 |
23.2 |
| Sri Lanka |
41.6 |
5.6 |
| El Salvador |
40.6 |
19 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
39 |
12.4 |
| Ecuador |
37.2 |
15.8 |
| South Africa |
34.1 |
10.7 |
| Paraguay |
33.2 |
16.4 |
| Guatemala |
31.9 |
13.5 |
| Peru |
31.8 |
12.5 |
| Armenia |
31.1 |
2 |
| Venezuela |
27.6 |
8.3 |
| Georgia |
25.3 |
6.5 |
| Thailand |
25.2 |
2 |
| Argentina |
23 |
7 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
21.4 |
2 |
| Brazil |
21.2 |
7.5 |
| Mexico |
20.4 |
4.4 |
| Turkey |
18.7 |
3.4 |
| Colombia |
17.8 |
7 |
| Panama |
17.1 |
6.5 |
| Kazakhstan |
16 |
2 |
| Algeria |
15.1 |
2 |
| Morocco |
14.3 |
2 |
| Jamaica |
13.3 |
2 |
| Romania |
12.9 |
2 |
| Russia |
12.1 |
2 |
| Albania |
11.8 |
2 |
| Dominican Republic |
11 |
2.5 |
| Chile |
9.6 |
2 |
| Malaysia |
9.3 |
2 |
| Lithuania |
7.8 |
2 |
| Costa Rica |
7.5 |
2.2 |
| Estonia |
7.5 |
2 |
| Iran |
7.3 |
2 |
| Jordan |
7 |
2 |
| Tunisia |
6.6 |
2 |
| Bulgaria |
6.1 |
2 |
| Uruguay |
5.7 |
2 |
| Ukraine |
4.9 |
2 |
| Latvia |
4.7 |
2 |
| Slovakia |
2.9 |
2 |
| Azerbaijan |
N/A |
2 |
| Belarus |
N/A |
2 |
| Croatia |
N/A |
2 |
| Czech Republic |
N/A |
2 |
| Guyana |
N/A |
2 |
| Hungary |
N/A |
2 |
| South Korea |
N/A |
2 |
| Macedonia |
N/A |
2 |
| Poland |
N/A |
2 |
| Portugal |
N/A |
2 |
| Slovenia |
N/A |
2 |
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