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.
Rank country (%) Date of Information
1 Zambia 86.00 1993
2 Chad 80.00 2001 est.
3 Haiti 80.00 2003 est.
4 Liberia 80.00 2000 est.
5 Sierra Leone 70.20 2004
6 Gaza Strip 70.00 2009 est.
7 Suriname 70.00 2002 est.
8 Nigeria 70.00 2007 est.
9 Mozambique 70.00 2001 est.
10 Swaziland 69.00 2006
11 Burundi 68.00 2002 est.
12 Zimbabwe 68.00 2004
13 Honduras 65.00 2010
14 Niger 63.00 1993 est.
15 Comoros 60.00 2002 est.
16 Rwanda 60.00 2001 est.
17 Tajikistan 60.00 2009 est.
18 Guatemala 56.20 2004 est.
19 Namibia 55.80 2005 est.
20 Sao Tome and Principe 54.00 2004 est.
21 Senegal 54.00 2001 est.
22 Malawi 53.00 2004
23 Eritrea 50.00 2004 est.
24 South Africa 50.00 2000 est.
25 Madagascar 50.00 2004 est.
26 Kenya 50.00 2000 est.
27 Lesotho 49.00 1999
28 Cameroon 48.00 2000 est.
29 Nicaragua 48.00 2005
30 Guinea 47.00 2006 est.
31 Colombia 46.80 2008
32 Burkina Faso 46.40 2004
33 West Bank 46.00 2007 est.
34 Yemen 45.20 2003
35 Dominican Republic 42.20 2004
36 Cote d'Ivoire 42.00 2006 est.
37 Timor-Leste 42.00 2003 est.
38 Djibouti 42.00 2007 est.
39 Angola 40.50 2006 est.
40 Kyrgyzstan 40.00 2004 est.
41 Mauritania 40.00 2004 est.
42 Sudan 40.00 2004 est.
43 Ethiopia 38.70 FY05/06 est.
44 Venezuela 37.90 yearend 2005 est.
45 Benin 37.40 2007 est.
46 Papua New Guinea 37.00 2002 est.
47 Bangladesh 36.30 2008 est.
48 Mali 36.10 2005 est.
49 Mongolia 36.10 2004
50 Afghanistan 36.00 FY08/09
51 Tanzania 36.00 2002 est.
52 Ecuador 35.10 2008
53 Kosovo 35.00 2007 est.
54 Uganda 35.00 2001 est.
55 Ukraine 35.00 2009
56 Peru 34.80 2009
57 Belize 33.50 2002 est.
58 Philippines 32.90 2006 est.
59 Burma 32.70 2007 est.
60 Grenada 32.00 2000
61 Togo 32.00 1989 est.
62 Cambodia 31.00 2007 est.
63 Georgia 31.00 2006
64 El Salvador 30.70 2006 est.
65 Bolivia 30.30 2009 est.
66 Botswana 30.30 2003
67 Argentina 30.00 January-June 2010
68 Dominica 30.00 2002 est.
69 Turkmenistan 30.00 2004 est.
70 Cape Verde 30.00 2000
71 Moldova 29.50 2005
72 Virgin Islands 28.90 2002
73 Macedonia 28.70 2008
74 Panama 28.60 2006 est.
75 Ghana 28.50 2007 est.
76 Lebanon 28.00 1999 est.
77 Uruguay 27.40 2006
78 Belarus 27.10 2003 est.
79 Micronesia, Federated States of 26.70 2000
80 Armenia 26.50 2006 est.
81 Brazil 26.00 2008
82 Laos 26.00 2009 est.
83 Uzbekistan 26.00 2008 est.
84 Fiji 25.50 FY90/91
85 Albania 25.00 2004 est.
86 Romania 25.00 2005 est.
87 Iraq 25.00 2008 est.
88 India 25.00 2007 est.
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.00 2004 est.
90 Nepal 24.70 2008
91 Pakistan 24.00 FY05/06 est.
92 Tonga 24.00 FY03/04
93 Israel 23.60 2007
94 Bhutan 23.20 2008
95 Algeria 23.00 2006 est.
96 Sri Lanka 23.00 2008 est.
97 Anguilla 23.00 2002
98 Slovakia 21.00 2002
99 Egypt 20.00 2005 est.
100 Greece 20.00 2009 est.
101 Spain 19.80 2005
102 Estonia 19.50 2007
103 United Arab Emirates 19.50 2003
104 Paraguay 19.40 2008 est.
105 Bermuda 19.00 2000
106 Chile 18.20 2005
107 Mexico 18.20 2008
108 Iran 18.00 2007 est.
109 Portugal 18.00 2006
110 Turkey 17.11 2008
111 Croatia 17.00 2008
112 Poland 17.00 2003 est.
113 Trinidad and Tobago 17.00 2007 est.
114 Costa Rica 16.00 2006 est.
115 Maldives 16.00 2008
116 Belgium 15.20 2007 est.
117 Korea, South 15.00 2006 est.
118 Morocco 15.00 2007 est.
119 Jamaica 14.80 2003 est.
120 Jordan 14.20 2002
121 Bulgaria 14.00 2008
122 United Kingdom 14.00 2006 est.
123 Indonesia 13.30 2010
124 Russia 13.10 2009
125 Slovenia 12.30 2008
126 Vietnam 12.30 2009 est.
127 Denmark 12.10 2007
128 Kazakhstan 12.10 2008
129 Hungary 12.00 2010 est.
130 United States 12.00 2004 est.
131 Syria 11.90 2006 est.
132 Azerbaijan 11.00 2009 est.
133 Germany 11.00 2001 est.
134 Canada 10.80 2005
135 Netherlands 10.50 2005
136 Thailand 9.60 2006 est.
137 Bahamas, The 9.30 2004
138 Greenland 9.20 2007 est.
139 Andorra 8.00 2008
140 Mauritius 8.00 2006 est.
141 Serbia 7.90 2008 est.
142 Switzerland 7.40 2009
143 Montenegro 7.00 2007 est.
144 France 6.20 2004
145 Austria 6.00 2008
146 Malaysia 5.10 2002 est.
147 Ireland 4.20 2008 est.
148 Lithuania 4.00 2003
149 Tunisia 3.80 2005 est.
150 China 2.80 2007
151 Taiwan 1.08 2008 est.
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Rank code: 2047
Country Comparison :: Household income or consumption by percentage
share
Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys,
the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different
standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data.
Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal
distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of
surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in
making inter-country comparisons.
Rank country (%) Date of Information
1 Comoros 55.20 2004
2 Namibia 53.00 2008
3 Haiti 47.70 2001
4 Colombia 45.00 2008
5 Angola 44.70 2000
6 South Africa 44.70 2000
7 Bolivia 44.10 2005
8 Ecuador 43.30 2007
9 Brazil 43.00 2007
10 Guatemala 42.40 2006
11 Paraguay 42.30 2007
12 Honduras 42.20 2006
13 Nicaragua 41.80 2005
14 Chile 41.70 2006
15 Madagascar 41.50 2005
16 Panama 41.40 2006
17 Armenia 41.30 2004
18 Taiwan 41.10 2002
19 Guinea 41.00 2006
20 Swaziland 40.70 2001
21 Cape Verde 40.60 2000
22 Nepal 40.60 2008
23 Papua New Guinea 40.50 1996
24 Zimbabwe 40.40 1995
25 Sri Lanka 39.70 2004
26 Lesotho 39.40 2003
27 Mozambique 39.20 2003
28 Zambia 38.80 2004
29 Dominican Republic 38.70 2005
30 Rwanda 38.20 2000
31 Peru 37.90 2006
32 Kenya 37.80 2005
33 Bhutan 37.60 2003
34 Congo, Republic of the 37.10 2005
35 El Salvador 37.00 2005
36 Gambia, The 36.90 2003
37 Mexico 36.30 2008
38 Jamaica 35.80 2004
39 Niger 35.70 2005
40 Costa Rica 35.50 2005
41 Cameroon 35.40 2001
42 Uruguay 34.80 2006
43 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 34.70 2006
44 Cambodia 34.20 2007
45 Uganda 34.10 2005
46 Cote d'Ivoire 34.00 2002
47 Guyana 33.80 1999
48 Thailand 33.70 2006
49 Sierra Leone 33.60 2003
50 Morocco 33.20 2007
51 Turkey 33.20 2005
52 Central African Republic 33.00 2003
53 Ghana 32.80 2006
54 Gabon 32.70 2005
55 Venezuela 32.70 2006
56 Argentina 32.60 2009
57 Burma 32.40 1998
58 Nigeria 32.40 2004
59 Indonesia 32.30 2006
60 Burkina Faso 32.20 2004
61 Malawi 31.90 2004
62 Turkmenistan 31.70 1998
63 Tunisia 31.50 2000
64 Timor-Leste 31.30 2001
65 Philippines 31.20 2006
66 India 31.10 2005
67 Djibouti 30.90 2002
68 Chad 30.80 2003
69 Yemen 30.80 2005
70 Jordan 30.70 2006
71 Georgia 30.60 2008
72 Mali 30.50 2006
73 Russia 30.40 September 2007
74 Liberia 30.10 2007
75 Senegal 30.10 2005
76 United States 30.00 2007 est.
77 Vietnam 29.80 2006
78 Iran 29.60 2005
79 Macedonia 29.60 2003
80 Uzbekistan 29.60 2003
81 Mauritania 29.50 2000
82 Benin 29.00 2003
83 Denmark 28.70 2007
84 Laos 28.50 2002
85 Malaysia 28.50 2005 est.
86 United Kingdom 28.50 1999
87 Belgium 28.40 2006
88 Portugal 28.40 1995 est.
89 Moldova 28.20 2004
90 Burundi 28.00 2006
91 Guinea-Bissau 28.00 2002
92 Estonia 27.70 2004
93 Egypt 27.60 2005
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.40 2004
95 Latvia 27.40 2004
96 Lithuania 27.40 2004
97 Ireland 27.20 2000
98 Poland 27.20 2005
99 Togo 27.10 2006
100 Bahamas, The 27.00 2000
101 Tanzania 26.90 2000
102 Algeria 26.80 1995
103 Italy 26.80 2000
104 Bangladesh 26.60 2008 est.
105 Spain 26.60 2000
106 Kazakhstan 26.50 2004 est.
107 Pakistan 26.50 2005
108 Greece 26.00 2000 est.
109 Albania 25.90 2005
110 Kyrgyzstan 25.90 2004
111 Ukraine 25.70 2006
112 Ethiopia 25.60 2005
113 European Union 25.60 2002 est.
114 Tajikistan 25.60 2007 est.
115 Australia 25.40 1994
116 Mongolia 24.90 2005
117 Canada 24.80 2000
118 France 24.80 2004
119 Finland 24.70 2007
120 Slovenia 24.60 2004
121 Israel 24.30 2008
122 Korea, South 24.20 2007
123 Bulgaria 24.10 2008
124 Hungary 24.10 2004
125 Germany 24.00 2000
126 Luxembourg 23.80 2000
127 Norway 23.40 2000
128 Singapore 23.20 2008
129 Croatia 23.10 2005 est.
130 Netherlands 22.90 1999
131 Czech Republic 22.40 1996
132 Sweden 22.20 2000
133 Austria 22.00 2007
134 Belarus 22.00 2005
135 Japan 21.70 1993
136 Slovakia 20.90 1996
137 Romania 20.80 2006
138 Switzerland 19.00 2007
139 Azerbaijan 17.50 2005
140 China 15.00 2008
141 Bangladesh 8.80 2008 est.
142 Switzerland 7.50 2007
143 Azerbaijan 6.10 2005
144 Nepal 6.00 2008
145 Japan 4.80 1993
146 Singapore 4.40 2008
147 Czech Republic 4.30 1996
148 Burundi 4.10 2006
149 Ethiopia 4.10 2005
150 Austria 4.00 2007
151 Egypt 3.90 2005
152 Norway 3.90 2000
153 Pakistan 3.90 2005
154 Belarus 3.60 2005
155 Croatia 3.60 2005 est.
156 Finland 3.60 2007
157 Sweden 3.60 2000
158 Kyrgyzstan 3.60 2004
159 India 3.60 2005
160 Germany 3.60 2000
161 China 3.50 2008
162 Hungary 3.50 2004
163 Luxembourg 3.50 2000
164 Belgium 3.40 2006
165 Ukraine 3.40 2006
166 Slovenia 3.40 2004
167 Laos 3.40 2002
168 Kazakhstan 3.30 2004 est.
169 Tajikistan 3.30 2007 est.
170 Togo 3.30 2006
171 Albania 3.20 2005
172 Benin 3.10 2003
173 Vietnam 3.10 2006
174 Portugal 3.10 1995 est.
175 Slovakia 3.10 1996
176 Cambodia 3.00 2007
177 Poland 3.00 2005
178 Moldova 3.00 2004
179 Malawi 3.00 2004
180 Indonesia 3.00 2006
181 Jordan 3.00 2006
182 France 3.00 2004
183 Bulgaria 2.90 2008
184 European Union 2.90 2002 est.
185 Yemen 2.90 2005
186 Ireland 2.90 2000
187 Guinea-Bissau 2.90 2002
188 Tanzania 2.90 2000
189 Timor-Leste 2.90 2001
190 Mongolia 2.90 2005
191 Algeria 2.80 1995
192 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.80 2004
193 Uzbekistan 2.80 2003
194 Burma 2.80 1998
195 Burkina Faso 2.80 2004
196 Estonia 2.70 2004
197 Korea, South 2.70 2007
198 Latvia 2.70 2004
199 Lithuania 2.70 2004
200 Mali 2.70 2006
201 Morocco 2.70 2007
202 Canada 2.60 2000
203 Chad 2.60 2003
204 Madagascar 2.60 2005
205 Sierra Leone 2.60 2003
206 Turkmenistan 2.60 1998
207 Uganda 2.60 2005
208 Spain 2.60 2000
209 Malaysia 2.60 2005 est.
210 Iran 2.60 2005
211 Gabon 2.50 2005
212 Israel 2.50 2008
213 Senegal 2.50 2005
214 Netherlands 2.50 1999
215 Mauritania 2.50 2000
216 Greece 2.50 2000 est.
217 Djibouti 2.40 2002
218 Philippines 2.40 2006
219 Macedonia 2.40 2003
220 Liberia 2.40 2007
221 Bhutan 2.30 2003
222 Niger 2.30 2005
223 Tunisia 2.30 2000
224 Cameroon 2.30 2001
225 Italy 2.30 2000
226 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.30 2006
227 Central African Republic 2.10 2003
228 United Kingdom 2.10 1999
229 Rwanda 2.10 2000
230 Mozambique 2.10 2003
231 Jamaica 2.10 2004
232 Congo, Republic of the 2.10 2005
233 Australia 2.00 1994
234 Zimbabwe 2.00 1995
235 United States 2.00 2007 est.
236 Nigeria 2.00 2004
237 Ghana 2.00 2006
238 Gambia, The 2.00 2003
239 Cote d'Ivoire 2.00 2002
240 Cape Verde 1.90 2000
241 Turkey 1.90 2005
242 Denmark 1.90 2007
243 Georgia 1.90 2008
244 Russia 1.90 September 2007
245 Guinea 1.90 2006
246 Kenya 1.80 2005
247 Mexico 1.70 2008
248 Uruguay 1.70 2006
249 Papua New Guinea 1.70 1996
250 Venezuela 1.70 2006
251 Armenia 1.60 2004
252 Thailand 1.60 2006
253 Swaziland 1.60 2001
254 Chile 1.60 2006
255 Costa Rica 1.50 2005
256 Peru 1.50 2006
257 Dominican Republic 1.50 2005
258 Nicaragua 1.40 2005
259 Guatemala 1.30 2006
260 Guyana 1.30 1999
261 South Africa 1.30 2000
262 Argentina 1.20 2009
263 Zambia 1.20 2004
264 Romania 1.20 2006
265 Ecuador 1.20 2007
266 Brazil 1.10 2007
267 Sri Lanka 1.10 2004
268 Namibia 1.10 2008
269 Paraguay 1.10 2007
270 El Salvador 1.00 2005
271 Lesotho 1.00 2003
272 Comoros 0.90 2004
273 Colombia 0.80 2008
274 Panama 0.80 2006
275 Haiti 0.70 2001
276 Honduras 0.70 2006
277 Angola 0.60 2000
278 Bolivia 0.50 2005
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Rank code: 2048
Country Comparison :: Labor force - by occupation
This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by
occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the
data are incomplete and may range from 99-101 percent due to
rounding.
Rank country (%) Date of Information