Europe & Central Asia 1990: 9 million 2008: 2 million
Sweden Finland
Norway
R u s s i a n
F e d e r a t i o n
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Denmark
Czech Republic Slovak Republic Slovenia Croatia Ukraine Kazakhstan Serbia Austria Hungary Moldova nce Bosnia and Herzegovina Mongolia Switzerland Romania FYR Macedonia Italy Montenegro Bulgaria Uzbekistan Georgia Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Republic Kosovo Armenia Albania Greece Turkmenistan Turkey Tajikistan Cyprus San Syrian Marino Islamic Republic Lebanon Tunisia Arab Rep. of Iran Afghanistan C h i Malta Iraq Israel Kuwait Jordan Pakistan West Bank and Gaza Nepal Bhutan eria Bahrain Libya Saudi Arabia Arab Rep. of Egypt United Arab Bangladesh Qatar India Emirates Myanmar Oman Germany Belgium
Poland
Belarus
Niger
Eritrea
Sudan
Chad
Rep. of Yemen
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Equatorial Guinea Rep. of Gabon Congo
Angola
Uganda Rwanda Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi
Sri Lanka Somalia
N. Mariana Islands (US) Philippines
Guam (US)
Brunei Darussalam
Maldives
Tanzania
South Asia 1990: 617 million 2008: 571 million
Seychelles Comoros
Mayotte (Fr)
East Asia & Pacific 1990: 926 million 2008: 284 million Marshall Islands
Palau
Malaysia
Kenya
Zambia Malawi
Japan
Lao P.D.R. Vietnam Cambodia
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Rep. of Korea
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Thailand
Djibouti Nigeria
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Federated States of Micronesia
Singapore Nauru
Indonesia Papua New Guinea
American Samoa (US)
Timor-Leste
Fiji
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Botswana Réunion (Fr)
Mauritius
A u s t r a l i a
Tuvalu
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia (Fr)
Samoa Tonga
Swaziland South Africa
Lesotho
Sub-Saharan Africa 1990: 290 million 2008: 386 million
New Zealand
Population living on less than $1.25 a day, 1990, 2008
Facts
Internet links
Two-thirds of the world's poor people live in the world's three most populous middle-income countries: China, India, and Indonesia.
World Bank—PovcalNet Online Poverty Analysis Tool
iresearch.worldbank.org/ PovcalNet
While Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest poverty rate, South Asia has the most people living in extreme poverty.
World Bank Poverty & Equity Data Website
povertydata.worldbank.org/ poverty/home
China reduced its extreme poverty rate from 84 percent in 1981 to 13 percent in 2008 and lifted 662 million people out of poverty. Although extreme poverty occurs mostly in rural areas, urban slums also have high poverty rates. Preliminary survey-based estimates indicate that the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty from its 1990 level by 2015 has been achieved at the global level in 2010.
World Bank—Country Poverty Assessment
United Nations Millennium Project
www-wds.worldbank.org
(go to ‘By Doc Type’ in the left-hand bar and select ‘Poverty Assessment’ from ‘Economic and Sector Work’)
www.unmillenniumproject.org
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