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Population Living Below $2 a Day, Developing Countries

The percentage of the population living below the specified poverty line: $2 a day—at 1985 international prices (equivalent to $2.15 at 1993 international prices), adjusted for purchasing power parity.

Country	Percent	Country	Percent	Country	Percent
Zambia	92.4%	Mongolia	44.6%	Honduras	35.7%
Nigeria	87.2	Sierra Leone	74.5	Egypt	43.9
Mali	72.1	Laos	74.1	Tajikistan	42.8
Tanzania	89.9	Benin	73.7	Bolivia	42.2
Burundi	87.6	Pakistan	73.6	Sri Lanka	41.6
Niger	85.8	Burkina Faso	71.8	El Salvador	40.6
Madagascar	85.1	Nepal	68.5	Trinidad and Tobago	39.0
Central African Republic	84.0	Moldova	20.8	Ecuador	40.8
Rwanda	87.8	Mauritania	63.1	South Africa	34.1
Zimbabwe	83.0	Senegal	56.2	Paraguay	29.8
Gambia	82.9	Kenya	58.3	Guatemala	31.9
Bangladesh	84.0	Lesotho	56.1	Peru	30.6
Nicaragua	79.9	Namibia	55.8	Armenia	31.1
India	80.4	Indonesia	52.4	Venezuela	40.1
Ghana	78.5	Cameroon	50.6	Georgia	25.3
Mozambique	74.1	Botswana	55.5	Thailand	25.2
Haiti	78.0	Côte d'Ivoire	48.8	Swaziland	77.8
Ethiopia	77.8	Philippines	43.0	Kyrgyzstan	21.4
Cambodia	77.7	China	34.9	Brazil	21.2
Malawi	62.9	Yemen	45.2	Mexico	20.4

Source: Human Development Report, 2007/2008, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.

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