Europe & Central Asia 1990: 9 million 2005: 17 million
Poverty share of population living on less than $1.25 a day, 2005
Greenland (Den) Faeroe Islands (Den)
50.0% or more Iceland
25.0–49.9%
Sweden Finland
Norway
10.0–24.9%
The Netherlands
C a n a d a
2.0–9.9%
United Kingdom
Isle of Man (UK)
Denmark
Ireland
less than 2.0% no data
Fra
Luxembourg Liechtenstein Andorra
U n i t e d
Bermuda (UK) US Virgin Islands (US) The Bahamas Mexico
Cayman Islands (UK) Belize
Portugal
Gibraltar (UK)
Middle East & North Africa 1990: 10 million 2005: 11 million St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda
Haiti
Jamaica
Cape Verde
Guadeloupe (Fr)
Dominica
Martinique (Fr) St. Lucia
Barbados
Morocco Alg
Former Spanish Sahara Mauritania Mali
Senegal
Suriname
Guinea-Bissau
Belarus
Eritrea
Chad
Sierra Leone Liberia
Sudan
Burkina Faso Benin
Guinea
Côte Ghana d'Ivoire Togo
São Tomé and Príncipe
Ecuador
Poland
Niger
The Gambia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago Grenada R.B. de French Guiana Venezuela Guyana (Fr) Colombia
Netherlands Antilles (Neth)
Latin America & Caribbean 1990: 43 million 2005: 46 million
Dominican Republic Puerto Rico (US)
Cuba
Guatemala Honduras Aruba (Neth) El Salvador Nicaragua Panama Costa Rica
Kiribati
Spain
Monaco
S t a t e s
Rep. of Yemen
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
Equatorial Guinea Congo Gabon
Sri Lanka Somalia
B r a z i l
Kenya
Maldives
Tanzania
South Asia 1990: 579 million 2005: 596 million
Comoros
Mayotte (Fr)
Angola
French Polynesia (Fr)
Zambia Malawi
Japan
Lao P.D.R.
N. Mariana Islands (US) Philippines
Guam (US)
Brunei Darussalam
East Asia & Pacific 1990: 873 million 2005: 316 million Marshall Islands
Palau
Malaysia
Uganda Rwanda Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi
Rep. of Korea
n a
Vietnam Cambodia
Djibouti Nigeria
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Thailand
Seychelles Peru
F e d e r a t i o n
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 Kyrgyz Republic Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Greece Turkmenistan Turkey Tajikistan Cyprus San Syrian Marino Islamic Republic Tunisia Lebanon 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
Channel Islands (UK)
R u s s i a n
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Federated States of Micronesia
Singapore Nauru
Indonesia Papua New Guinea
American Samoa (US)
Timor-Leste
Vanuatu
Bolivia Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Botswana Réunion (Fr)
Paraguay
Tuvalu
Solomon Islands
Fiji
New Caledonia (Fr)
Mauritius
A u s t r a l i a
Samoa Tonga
Swaziland Lesotho South Africa
Uruguay
Chile Argentina
Sub-Saharan Africa 1990: 299 million 2005: 391 million
New Zealand
Population living on less than $1.25 a day, 2005
Garbage surrounds run-down buildings in rural Indonesia
People living on less than $1.25 a day Developing country
millions (2005, PPP)
India
456
China
208
Nigeria
88
Bangladesh
76
Indonesia Pakistan Congo, Dem. Rep. of Tanzania, United Rep. of
Facts Africa has more countries with high poverty rates than any other developing region, but Asia has the most people living in extreme poverty. Although extreme poverty occurs mostly in rural areas, urban slum populations can also have a high poverty ratio.
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Ethiopia
29
Philippines
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But, many developing countries are not on track to achieve the poverty reduction target.
Internet links World Bank: PovcalNet
iresearch.worldbank.org/ PovcalNet
World Bank: Country poverty assessments
www-wds.worldbank.org
United Nations Millennium Project
www.unmillenniumproject.org
World Development Report
econ.worldbank.org/wdr
(go to “By doc type” in left hand bar and select “Poverty assessment” from “Economic & Sector Work”)
Rich and poor
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