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% of world poor in each country

Definition: The percentage of the world's total poor who live in each nation. 'Poor' here is defined as lving below the global poverty line of US$1 per day.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_pov_sha_of_all_poo_peo

Country Description Amount
1. India 41.01%
2. China 22.12%
3. Nigeria 8.03%
4. Pakistan 3.86%
5. Bangladesh 3.49%
6. Ethiopia 1.82%
7. Brazil 1.82%
8. Indonesia 1.49%
9. Mexico 1.43%
10. Russia 0.99%
11. Ghana 0.78%
12. Nepal 0.78%
13. Colombia 0.76%
14. Kenya 0.72%
15. Mali 0.71%
16. Madagascar 0.68%
17. Burkina Faso 0.62%
18. Tanzania 0.61%
19. Mozambique 0.61%
20. Niger 0.59%
21. Zambia 0.58%
22. Venezuela 0.51%
23. Cameroon 0.45%
24. South Africa 0.45%
25. Zimbabwe 0.41%
26. Peru 0.36%
27. Rwanda 0.27%
28. Sierra Leone 0.26%
29. Yemen 0.25%
30. Central African Republic 0.23%
31. Ecuador 0.23%
32. Senegal 0.22%
33. Egypt 0.18%
34. Ukraine 0.14%
35. Turkey 0.14%
36. Honduras 0.14%
37. Laos 0.13%
38. Sri Lanka 0.12%
39. El Salvador 0.12%
40. Bolivia 0.11%
41. Thailand 0.11%
42. Paraguay 0.10%
43. Guatemala 0.10%
44. Korea, South 0.09%
45. Lesotho 0.08%
46. Uzbekistan 0.08%
47. Mauritania 0.07%
48. Poland 0.07%
49. Gambia, The 0.07%
50. Namibia 0.06%

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51. Romania 0.06%
52. Algeria 0.06%
53. Botswana 0.05%
54. Moldova 0.05%
55. Morocco 0.05%
56. Panama 0.04%
57. Kazakhstan 0.04%
58. Costa Rica 0.04%
59. Mongolia 0.03%
60. Armenia 0.03%
61. Chile 0.03%
62. Trinidad and Tobago 0.02%
63. Hungary 0.02%
64. Dominican Republic 0.02%
65. Bulgaria 0.02%
66. Belarus 0.02%
67. Tunisia 0.02%
68. Czech Republic 0.02%
69. Portugal 0.02%
70. Jordan 0.01%
71. Croatia 0.01%
72. Uruguay 0.01%
73. Jamaica 0.01%
74. Lithuania 0.01%
75. Azerbaijan 0.01%

Hint
Click on the "Country" link on the graphs to sort alphabetically by country.
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76. Slovakia 0.01%
77. Georgia 0.01%
78. Latvia 0.00%
79. Estonia 0.00%
80. Slovenia 0.00%
Weighted Average 16.29 % of world's poor

September 10, 2005 at 01:13 PM in World affairs | Permalink | Top of page | Blog Home