World Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption
held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| High income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| East Asia & Pacific |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
11.8 |
| Europe & Central
Asia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Latin America &
Caribbean |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9.5 |
| Middle East & North
Africa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| South Asia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
46.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Afghanistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
49.3 |
| Albania |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
8.1 |
| Algeria |
1995 |
<2 |
1995 |
<0.5 |
1995 |
7.0 |
.. |
| American Samoa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Andorra |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Angola |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
40.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Argentina |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Armenia |
1996 |
7.8 |
1996 |
1.7 |
1996 |
5.5 |
3.3 |
| Aruba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Australia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
5.9 |
0.0 |
| Austria |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1987 |
10.4 |
.. |
| Azerbaijan |
1995 |
<2 |
1995 |
<0.5 |
1995 |
6.9 |
10.1 |
| Bahamas, The |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bahrain |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bangladesh |
1996 |
29.1 |
1996 |
5.9 |
1995-96 |
8.7 |
56.3 |
| Barbados |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Belarus |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
11.4 |
.. |
| Belgium |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
9.5 |
.. |
| Belize |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Benin |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
29.2 |
| Bermuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bhutan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18.7 |
| Bolivia |
1997 |
29.4 |
1997 |
15.2 |
1997 |
1.9 |
7.6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Botswana |
1985-86 |
33.3 |
1985-86 |
12.5 |
.. |
.. |
17.2 |
| Brazil |
1997 |
9.0 |
1997 |
2.1 |
1997 |
2.6 |
5.7 |
| Brunei |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bulgaria |
1997 |
<2 |
1997 |
<0.5 |
1997 |
10.1 |
.. |
| Burkina Faso |
1994 |
61.2 |
1994 |
25.5 |
1994 |
5.5 |
.. |
| Burundi |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
7.9 |
.. |
| Cambodia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
6.9 |
47.4 |
| Cameroon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
22.2 |
| Canada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
7.5 |
.. |
| Cape Verde |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Cayman Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Central African Republic |
1993 |
66.6 |
1993 |
38.1 |
1993 |
2.0 |
.. |
| Chad |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
38.8 |
| Channel Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Chile |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
3.4 |
0.8 |
| China |
1998 |
18.5 |
1998 |
4.2 |
1998 |
5.9 |
9.0 |
| Hong Kong, China |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Macao, China |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Colombia |
1996 |
11.0 |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
3.0 |
.. |
| Comoros |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
25.8 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Congo, Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Costa Rica |
1997 |
6.9 |
1997 |
2.0 |
1997 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
1995 |
12.3 |
1995 |
2.4 |
1995 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Croatia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
8.8 |
0.6 |
| Cuba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Cyprus |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Czech Republic |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
10.3 |
1.0 |
| Denmark |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
9.6 |
.. |
| Djibouti |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18.2 |
| Dominica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Dominican Republic |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
0.7 |
1998 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
| Ecuador |
1995 |
20.2 |
1995 |
5.8 |
1995 |
5.4 |
.. |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. |
1995 |
3.1 |
1995 |
0.3 |
1995 |
8.7 |
10.7 |
| El Salvador |
1997 |
26.0 |
1997 |
9.7 |
1997 |
3.7 |
11.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Eritrea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Estonia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.0 |
.. |
| Ethiopia |
1995 |
31.3 |
1995 |
8.0 |
1995 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Faeroe Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Fiji |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Finland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1991 |
10.0 |
.. |
| France |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1995 |
7.2 |
.. |
| French Polynesia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Gabon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Gambia, The |
1992 |
53.7 |
1992 |
23.3 |
1992 |
4.4 |
26.2 |
| Georgia |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
6.1 |
3.1 |
| Germany |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
8.2 |
.. |
| Ghana |
1998 |
38.8 |
1998 |
3.4 |
1998 |
5.9 |
24.9 |
| Greece |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1993 |
7.5 |
.. |
| Greenland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Grenada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Guam |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Guatemala |
1998 |
10.0 |
1998 |
2.2 |
1998 |
3.8 |
24.2 |
| Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
3.0 |
.. |
| Guinea-Bissau |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1991 |
2.1 |
.. |
| Guyana |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1993 |
6.3 |
.. |
| Haiti |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
26.8 |
| Honduras |
1996 |
40.5 |
1996 |
17.5 |
1997 |
1.6 |
25.4 |
| Hungary |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
10.0 |
.. |
| Iceland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| India |
1997 |
44.2 |
1997 |
12.0 |
1997 |
8.1 |
45.4 |
| Indonesia |
1999 |
7.7 |
1999 |
1.0 |
1999 |
9.0 |
.. |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
10.9 |
| Iraq |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
11.9 |
| Ireland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1987 |
6.7 |
.. |
| Isle of Man |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Israel |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
6.9 |
.. |
| Italy |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1995 |
7.6 |
.. |
| Jamaica |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
0.7 |
1996 |
7.0 |
4.2 |
| Japan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1993 |
10.6 |
2.5 |
| Jordan |
1997 |
<2 |
1997 |
<0.5 |
1997 |
7.6 |
5.1 |
| Kazakhstan |
1996 |
1.5 |
1996 |
0.3 |
1996 |
6.7 |
.. |
| Kenya |
1994 |
26.5 |
1994 |
9.0 |
1994 |
5.0 |
22.1 |
| Kiribati |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Korea, Dem. Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
32.2 |
| Korea, Rep. |
1993 |
<2 |
1993 |
<0.5 |
1993 |
7.5 |
.. |
| Kuwait |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1.7 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
6.3 |
11.0 |
| Lao PDR |
1997 |
26.3 |
1997 |
6.3 |
1997 |
7.6 |
.. |
| Latvia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.6 |
.. |
| Lebanon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.0 |
| Lesotho |
1993 |
43.1 |
1993 |
20.3 |
1986-87 |
2.8 |
16.0 |
| Liberia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Libya |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Liechtenstein |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Lithuania |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
7.8 |
.. |
| Luxembourg |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
9.5 |
.. |
| Macedonia, FYR |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
5.9 |
| Madagascar |
1997 |
63.4 |
1997 |
26.9 |
1997 |
5.4 |
40.0 |
| Malawi |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Malaysia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
4.4 |
25.0 |
| Maldives |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
45.0 |
| Mali |
1994 |
72.8 |
1994 |
37.4 |
1994 |
4.6 |
26.9 |
| Malta |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Marshall Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mauritania |
1995 |
28.6 |
1995 |
9.1 |
1995 |
6.4 |
23.0 |
| Mauritius |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mayotte |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mexico |
1996 |
12.2 |
1996 |
3.5 |
1996 |
4.0 |
7.5 |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Moldova |
1997 |
11.3 |
1997 |
3.0 |
1997 |
5.6 |
.. |
| Monaco |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mongolia |
1995 |
13.9 |
1995 |
3.1 |
1995 |
7.3 |
12.5 |
| Morocco |
1990-91 |
<2 |
1990-91 |
<0.5 |
1998-99 |
6.5 |
10.7 |
| Mozambique |
1996 |
37.9 |
1996 |
12.0 |
1996-97 |
6.5 |
26.1 |
| Myanmar |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
28.2 |
| Namibia |
1993 |
34.9 |
1993 |
14.0 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Nepal |
1995 |
37.7 |
1995 |
9.7 |
1995-96 |
7.6 |
46.9 |
| Netherlands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
8.0 |
.. |
| Netherlands Antilles |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| New Caledonia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| New Zealand |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Nicaragua |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1998 |
2.3 |
12.2 |
| Niger |
1995 |
61.4 |
1995 |
33.9 |
1995 |
2.6 |
49.6 |
| Nigeria |
1997 |
70.2 |
1997 |
34.9 |
1996-97 |
4.4 |
35.3 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Norway |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1995 |
10.0 |
.. |
| Oman |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
24.3 |
| Pakistan |
1996 |
31.0 |
1996 |
6.2 |
1996-97 |
9.5 |
40.2 |
| Palau |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Panama |
1997 |
10.3 |
1997 |
3.2 |
1997 |
3.6 |
.. |
| Papua New Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1996 |
4.5 |
.. |
| Paraguay |
1998 |
19.5 |
1998 |
9.8 |
1998 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
| Peru |
1996 |
15.5 |
1996 |
5.4 |
1996 |
4.4 |
7.8 |
| Philippines |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
5.4 |
33.5 |
| Poland |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.8 |
.. |
| Portugal |
1994 |
<2 |
1994 |
<0.5 |
1994-95 |
7.3 |
.. |
| Puerto Rico |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Qatar |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Romania |
1994 |
2.8 |
1994 |
0.8 |
1994 |
8.9 |
5.7 |
| Russian Federation |
1998 |
7.1 |
1998 |
1.4 |
1998 |
4.4 |
.. |
| Rwanda |
1983-85 |
35.7 |
1983-85 |
7.7 |
1983-85 |
9.7 |
27.3 |
| Samoa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| San Marino |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| São Tomé and Principe |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Saudi Arabia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Senegal |
1995 |
26.3 |
1995 |
7.0 |
1995 |
3.1 |
22.3 |
| Seychelles |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
6.0 |
| Sierra Leone |
1989 |
57.0 |
1989 |
39.5 |
1989 |
1.1 |
28.7 |
| Singapore |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Slovak Republic |
1992 |
<2 |
1992 |
<0.5 |
1992 |
11.9 |
.. |
| Slovenia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
9.1 |
.. |
| Solomon Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Somalia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| South Africa |
1993 |
11.5 |
1993 |
1.8 |
1993-94 |
2.9 |
.. |
| Spain |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1990 |
7.5 |
.. |
| Sri Lanka |
1995 |
6.6 |
1995 |
1.0 |
1995 |
8.9 |
.. |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| St. Lucia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1995 |
5.2 |
.. |
| St. Vincent and the
Grenadines |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Sudan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Suriname |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Swaziland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
2.7 |
.. |
| Sweden |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
9.6 |
.. |
| Switzerland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
6.9 |
.. |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Tajikistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Tanzania |
1993 |
19.9 |
1993 |
4.8 |
1993 |
6.8 |
30.6 |
| Thailand |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
6.4 |
.. |
| Togo |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
25.1 |
| Tonga |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1992 |
12.4 |
1992 |
3.5 |
1992 |
5.5 |
.. |
| Tunisia |
1995 |
2.0 |
1995 |
0.5 |
1995 |
5.9 |
.. |
| Turkey |
1994 |
2.4 |
1994 |
0.5 |
1994 |
5.8 |
8.3 |
| Turkmenistan |
1993 |
20.9 |
1993 |
5.7 |
1998 |
6.1 |
.. |
| Uganda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1996 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Ukraine |
1999 |
2.9 |
1999 |
0.6 |
1999 |
8.8 |
.. |
| United Arab Emirates |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7.0 |
| United Kingdom |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1991 |
6.6 |
.. |
| United States |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
5.2 |
.. |
| Uruguay |
1989 |
1.1 |
1989 |
0.5 |
1989 |
10.0 |
.. |
| Uzbekistan |
1993 |
3.3 |
1993 |
0.5 |
1993 |
7.4 |
18.8 |
| Vanuatu |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Venezuela, RB |
1997 |
18.7 |
1997 |
6.5 |
1997 |
4.1 |
8.1 |
| Vietnam |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1998 |
8.0 |
36.7 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| West Bank and Gaza |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Yemen, Rep. |
1998 |
15.7 |
1998 |
4.5 |
1998 |
7.4 |
46.1 |
| Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mon) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1.6 |
| Zambia |
1998 |
63.7 |
1998 |
32.7 |
1998 |
3.3 |
23.5 |
| Zimbabwe |
1990-91 |
36.0 |
1990-91 |
9.6 |
1990-91 |
4.0 |
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East
Asia & Pacific Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption
held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence
of child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| East Asia & Pacific |
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
11.8 |
| American Samoa |
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Cambodia |
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
6.9 |
47.4 |
| China |
1998 |
18.5 |
1998 |
4.2 |
1998 |
5.9 |
9.0 |
| Fiji |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Indonesia |
1999 |
7.7 |
1999 |
1.0 |
1999 |
9.0 |
.. |
| Kiribati |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Korea, Dem. Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
32.2 |
| Korea, Rep. |
1993 |
<2 |
1993 |
<0.5 |
1993 |
7.5 |
.. |
| Lao PDR |
1997 |
26.3 |
1997 |
6.3 |
1997 |
7.6 |
.. |
| Malaysia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
4.4 |
25.0 |
| Marshall Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mongolia |
1995 |
13.9 |
1995 |
3.1 |
1995 |
7.3 |
12.5 |
| Myanmar |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
28.2 |
| Palau |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Papua New Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1996 |
4.5 |
.. |
| Philippines |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
5.4 |
33.5 |
| Samoa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Solomon Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Thailand |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
6.4 |
.. |
| Tonga |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Vanuatu |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Vietnam |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1998 |
8.0 |
36.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Europe
& Central Asia Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption
held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Europe & Central
Asia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Albania |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
8.1 |
| Armenia |
1996 |
7.8 |
1996 |
1.7 |
1996 |
5.5 |
3.3 |
| Azerbaijan |
1995 |
<2 |
1995 |
<0.5 |
1995 |
6.9 |
10.1 |
| Belarus |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
11.4 |
.. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bulgaria |
1997 |
<2 |
1997 |
<0.5 |
1997 |
10.1 |
.. |
| Croatia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
8.8 |
0.6 |
| Czech Republic |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
10.3 |
1.0 |
| Estonia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.0 |
.. |
| Georgia |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
6.1 |
3.1 |
| Hungary |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
10.0 |
.. |
| Isle of Man |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Kazakhstan |
1996 |
1.5 |
1996 |
0.3 |
1996 |
6.7 |
.. |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1997 |
6.3 |
11.0 |
| Latvia |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.6 |
.. |
| Lithuania |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
7.8 |
.. |
| Macedonia, FYR |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
5.9 |
| Moldova |
1997 |
11.3 |
1997 |
3.0 |
1997 |
5.6 |
.. |
| Poland |
1998 |
<2 |
1998 |
<0.5 |
1998 |
7.8 |
.. |
| Romania |
1994 |
2.8 |
1994 |
0.8 |
1994 |
8.9 |
5.7 |
| Russian Federation |
1998 |
7.1 |
1998 |
1.4 |
1998 |
4.4 |
.. |
| Slovak Republic |
1992 |
<2 |
1992 |
<0.5 |
1992 |
11.9 |
.. |
| Tajikistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Turkey |
1994 |
2.4 |
1994 |
0.5 |
1994 |
5.8 |
8.3 |
| Turkmenistan |
1993 |
20.9 |
1993 |
5.7 |
1998 |
6.1 |
.. |
| Ukraine |
1999 |
2.9 |
1999 |
0.6 |
1999 |
8.8 |
.. |
| Uzbekistan |
1993 |
3.3 |
1993 |
0.5 |
1993 |
7.4 |
18.8 |
| Yugoslavia,
FR (Serb./Mont.) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin
America & Caribbean Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption
held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Latin America &
Caribbean |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9.5 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Argentina |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Barbados |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Belize |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bolivia |
1997 |
29.4 |
1997 |
15.2 |
1997 |
1.9 |
7.6 |
| Brazil |
1997 |
9.0 |
1997 |
2.1 |
1997 |
2.6 |
5.7 |
| Chile |
1996 |
<2 |
1996 |
<0.5 |
1996 |
3.4 |
0.8 |
| Colombia |
1996 |
11.0 |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
3.0 |
.. |
| Costa Rica |
1997 |
6.9 |
1997 |
2.0 |
1997 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
| Cuba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Dominica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Dominican Republic |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
0.7 |
1998 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
| Ecuador |
1995 |
20.2 |
1995 |
5.8 |
1995 |
5.4 |
.. |
| El Salvador |
1997 |
26.0 |
1997 |
9.7 |
1997 |
3.7 |
11.8 |
| Grenada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Guatemala |
1998 |
10.0 |
1998 |
2.2 |
1998 |
3.8 |
24.2 |
| Guyana |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1993 |
6.3 |
.. |
| Haiti |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
26.8 |
| Honduras |
1996 |
40.5 |
1996 |
17.5 |
1997 |
1.6 |
25.4 |
| Jamaica |
1996 |
3.2 |
1996 |
0.7 |
1996 |
7.0 |
4.2 |
| Mexico |
1996 |
12.2 |
1996 |
3.5 |
1996 |
4.0 |
7.5 |
| Nicaragua |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1998 |
2.3 |
12.2 |
| Panama |
1997 |
10.3 |
1997 |
3.2 |
1997 |
3.6 |
.. |
| Paraguay |
1998 |
19.5 |
1998 |
9.8 |
1998 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
| Peru |
1996 |
15.5 |
1996 |
5.4 |
1996 |
4.4 |
7.8 |
| Puerto Rico |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| St. Lucia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1995 |
5.2 |
.. |
| St. Vincent and the
Grenadines |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Suriname |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1992 |
12.4 |
1992 |
3.5 |
1992 |
5.5 |
.. |
| Uruguay |
1989 |
1.1 |
1989 |
0.5 |
1989 |
10.0 |
.. |
| Venezuela, RB |
1997 |
18.7 |
1997 |
6.5 |
1997 |
4.1 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Middle
East & North Africa Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption
held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Middle East & North
Africa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Algeria |
1995 |
<2 |
1995 |
<0.5 |
1995 |
7.0 |
.. |
| Bahrain |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Djibouti |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18.2 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. |
1995 |
3.1 |
1995 |
0.3 |
1995 |
8.7 |
10.7 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
10.9 |
| Iraq |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
11.9 |
| Jordan |
1997 |
<2 |
1997 |
<0.5 |
1997 |
7.6 |
5.1 |
| Lebanon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.0 |
| Libya |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Malta |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Morocco |
1990-91 |
<2 |
1990-91 |
<0.5 |
1998-99 |
6.5 |
10.7 |
| Oman |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
24.3 |
| Saudi Arabia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Tunisia |
1995 |
<2 |
1995 |
<0.5 |
1995 |
5.9 |
.. |
| West Bank and Gaza |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Yemen, Rep. |
1998 |
15.7 |
1998 |
4.5 |
1998 |
7.4 |
46.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South
Asia Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income or consumption held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| South Asia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
46.8 |
| Afghanistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
49.3 |
| Bangladesh |
1996 |
29.1 |
1996 |
5.9 |
1995-96 |
8.7 |
56.3 |
| Bhutan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18.7 |
| India |
1997 |
44.2 |
1997 |
12.0 |
1997 |
8.1 |
45.4 |
| Maldives |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
45.0 |
| Nepal |
1995 |
37.7 |
1995 |
9.7 |
1995-96 |
7.6 |
46.9 |
| Pakistan |
1996 |
31.0 |
1996 |
6.2 |
1996-97 |
9.5 |
40.2 |
| Sri Lanka |
1995 |
6.6 |
1995 |
1.0 |
1995 |
8.9 |
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sub-Saharan
Africa Reducing
extreme poverty
|
|
People
living on below $1 a day
|
Poverty
gap at $1 a day
|
Percentage
share of income
or consumption held by poorest 20%
|
Prevalence of
child malnutrition
|
|
year |
% |
year |
% |
year |
% |
share of children under 5 (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990-99 |
| World |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Low & middle income |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Angola |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
40.6 |
| Benin |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
29.2 |
| Botswana |
1985-86 |
33.3 |
1985-86 |
12.5 |
.. |
.. |
17.2 |
| Burkina Faso |
1994 |
61.2 |
1994 |
25.5 |
1994 |
5.5 |
.. |
| Burundi |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1992 |
7.9 |
.. |
| Cameroon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
22.2 |
| Cape Verde |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Central African Republic |
1993 |
66.6 |
1993 |
38.1 |
1993 |
2.0 |
.. |
| Chad |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
38.8 |
| Comoros |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
25.8 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Congo, Rep. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
1995 |
12.3 |
1995 |
2.4 |
1995 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Equatorial Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Eritrea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Ethiopia |
1995 |
31.3 |
1995 |
8.0 |
1995 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Gabon |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Gambia, The |
1992 |
53.7 |
1992 |
23.3 |
1992 |
4.4 |
26.2 |
| Ghana |
1998 |
38.8 |
1998 |
3.4 |
1998 |
5.9 |
24.9 |
| Guinea |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
3.0 |
.. |
| Guinea-Bissau |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1991 |
2.1 |
.. |
| Kenya |
1994 |
26.5 |
1994 |
9.0 |
1994 |
5.0 |
22.1 |
| Lesotho |
1993 |
43.1 |
1993 |
20.3 |
1986-87 |
2.8 |
16.0 |
| Liberia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Madagascar |
1997 |
63.4 |
1997 |
26.9 |
1997 |
5.4 |
40.0 |
| Malawi |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mali |
1994 |
72.8 |
1994 |
37.4 |
1994 |
4.6 |
26.9 |
| Mauritania |
1995 |
28.6 |
1995 |
9.1 |
1995 |
6.4 |
23.0 |
| Mauritius |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mayotte |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Mozambique |
1996 |
37.9 |
1996 |
12.0 |
1996-97 |
6.5 |
26.1 |
| Namibia |
1993 |
34.9 |
1993 |
14.0 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Niger |
1995 |
61.4 |
1995 |
33.9 |
1995 |
2.6 |
49.6 |
| Nigeria |
1997 |
70.2 |
1997 |
34.9 |
1996-97 |
4.4 |
35.3 |
| Rwanda |
1983-85 |
35.7 |
1983-85 |
7.7 |
1983-85 |
9.7 |
27.3 |
| São Tomé and Principe |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Senegal |
1995 |
26.3 |
1995 |
7.0 |
1995 |
3.1 |
22.3 |
| Seychelles |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
6.0 |
| Sierra Leone |
1989 |
57.0 |
1989 |
39.5 |
1989 |
1.1 |
28.7 |
| Somalia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| South Africa |
1993 |
11.5 |
1993 |
1.8 |
1993-94 |
2.9 |
.. |
| Sudan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Swaziland |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1994 |
2.7 |
.. |
| Tanzania |
1993 |
19.9 |
1993 |
4.8 |
1993 |
6.8 |
30.6 |
| Togo |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
25.1 |
| Uganda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1996 |
7.1 |
.. |
| Zambia |
1998 |
63.7 |
1998 |
32.7 |
1998 |
3.3 |
23.5 |
| Zimbabwe |
1990-91 |
36.0 |
1990-91 |
9.6 |
1990-91 |
4.0 |
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|