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Egypt
557 million kWh (2006 est.)
El Salvador
8.64 million kWh (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Eritrea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Estonia
3.179 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
European Union
NA kWh
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Faroe Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Fiji
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Finland
2.86 billion kWh (2007 est.)
France
67.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
French Polynesia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gabon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gambia, The
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip
0 kWh (2005)
Georgia
635 million kWh (2007 est.)
Germany
62.51 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Ghana
755 million kWh (2006 est.)
Gibraltar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Greece
269 million kWh (2007 est.)
Greenland
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Grenada
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guam
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guatemala
131.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
Guernsey
0 kWh (2002)
Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guyana
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Haiti
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Honduras
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
4.035 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Hungary
10.69 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Iceland
0 kWh (2007 est.)
India
378 million kWh (2006 est.)
Indonesia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Iran
2.775 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Iraq
0 kWh (2007)
Ireland
82 million kWh (2007 est.)
Israel
1.844 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Italy
2.64 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Jamaica
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Japan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Jordan
13 million kWh (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan
3.528 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Kenya
58.3 million kWh (2007 est.)
Kiribati
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Korea, North
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Korea, South
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kuwait
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
2.387 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Laos
547 million kWh (2006 est.)
Latvia
1.676 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Lebanon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lesotho
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Liberia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Libya
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lithuania
7.217 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
2.887 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Macau
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Macedonia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Madagascar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malawi
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malaysia
2.524 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Maldives
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mali
0 kWh; note - recent hydropower developments may be providing
electricity to Senegal and Mauritania (2007 est.)
Malta
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritania
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritius
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mexico
1.278 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0 kWh (2002)
Moldova
229 million kWh (2006 est.)
Mongolia
10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Montenegro
0 kWh (2005)
Montserrat
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Morocco
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mozambique
12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Namibia
40 million kWh (2007 est.)
Nauru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nepal
165 million kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands
5.565 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Caledonia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Zealand
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niger
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nigeria
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niue
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Norway
15.32 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oman
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Pakistan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Panama
124.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Paraguay
64 billion kWh (2007)
Peru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Philippines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Poland
13.11 billion kWh (2007)
Portugal
2.153 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Qatar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Romania
3.362 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Russia
15.81 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Rwanda
10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Samoa
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
0 kWh (2007)
Saudi Arabia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Senegal
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Serbia
12.05 billion kWh (2004 est.)
Seychelles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Singapore
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Slovakia
11.85 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Slovenia
5.894 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Somalia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
South Africa
13.77 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Spain
14.52 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sudan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Suriname
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Swaziland
0 kWh (2007)
Sweden
14.74 billion kWh (2007)
Switzerland
36.88 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Syria
986 million kWh (2006 est.)
Taiwan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
4.259 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Tanzania
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Thailand
731 million kWh (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Togo
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tonga
0 kWh (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tunisia
135 million kWh (2006 est.)
Turkey
2.576 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
1.34 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Uganda
180 million kWh (2006)
Ukraine
12.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates
0 kWh (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
3.398 billion kWh (2007 est.)
United States
20.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Uruguay
995.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
11.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Vanuatu
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Venezuela
542 million kWh (2006 est.)
Vietnam
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
0 kWh (2002)
Western Sahara
0 kWh (2007)
World
655.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Yemen
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Zambia
255 million kWh (2006)
Zimbabwe
34 million kWh (2006 est.)
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@2046 Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan
53% (2003)
Albania
25% (2004 est.)
Algeria
25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa
NA%
Andorra
NA%
Angola
70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla
23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
NA%
Argentina
23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia
26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba
NA%
Australia
NA%
Austria
5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan
24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The
9.3% (2004)
Bahrain
NA%
Bangladesh
45% (2004 est.)
Barbados
NA%
Belarus
27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium
15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize
33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin
37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda
19% (2000)
Bhutan
31.7% (2003)
Bolivia
60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
25% (2004 est.)
Botswana
30.3% (2003)
Brazil
31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands
NA%
Brunei
NA%
Bulgaria
14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso
46.4% (2004)
Burma
32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi
68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia
35% (2004)
Cameroon
48% (2000 est.)
Canada
10.8%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a
calculation that results in higher figures than found in many
comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line
(2005)
Cape Verde
30% (2000)
Cayman Islands
NA%
Central African Republic
NA%
Chad
80% (2001 est.)
Chile
18.2% (2005)
China
8%
note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official
"absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an
additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the
official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)
Colombia
49.2% (2005)
Comoros
60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA%
Congo, Republic of the
NA%
Cook Islands
NA%
Costa Rica
16% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
42% (2006 est.)
Croatia
11% (2003)
Cuba
NA%
Cyprus
NA%
Czech Republic
NA%
Denmark
NA%
Djibouti
42% (2007 est.)
Dominica
30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic
42.2% (2004)
Ecuador
38.3% (2006)
Egypt
20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador
30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
NA%
Eritrea
50% (2004 est.)
Estonia
5% (2003)
Ethiopia
38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union
note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA%
Faroe Islands
NA%
Fiji
25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland
NA%
France
6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia
NA%
Gabon
NA%
Gambia, The
NA%
Gaza Strip
80% (2007 est.)
Georgia
31% (2006)
Germany
11% (2001 est.)
Ghana
28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
NA%
Greece
NA%
Greenland
NA%
Grenada
32% (2000)
Guam
23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala
56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey
NA%
Guinea
47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
NA%
Guyana
NA%
Haiti
80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA%
Honduras
50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong
NA%
Hungary
8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland
NA%
India
25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia
17.8% (2006)
Iran
18% (2007 est.)
Iraq
NA%
Ireland
7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man
NA%
Israel
21.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy
NA%
Jamaica
14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan
NA%
Jersey
NA%
Jordan
14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan
13.8% (2007)
Kenya
50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati
NA%
Korea, North
NA%
Korea, South
15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo
37% (2007 est.)
Kuwait
NA%
Kyrgyzstan
40% (2004 est.)
Laos
30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia
NA%
Lebanon
28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho
49% (1999)
Liberia
80% (2000 est.)
Libya
7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein
NA%
Lithuania
4% (2003)
Luxembourg
NA%
Macau
NA%
Macedonia
29.8% (2006)
Madagascar
50% (2004 est.)
Malawi
53% (2004)
Malaysia
5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives
21% (2004)
Mali
36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta
NA%
Marshall Islands
NA%
Mauritania
40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius
8% (2006 est.)
Mayotte
NA%
Mexico
13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based
poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of
26.7% (2000)
Moldova
29.5% (2005)
Monaco
NA%
Mongolia
36.1% (2004)
Montenegro
7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat
NA%
Morocco
15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique
70% (2001 est.)
Namibia
the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that
34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per
day
Nauru
NA%
Nepal
30.9% (2004)
Netherlands
10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles
NA%
New Caledonia
NA%
New Zealand
NA%
Nicaragua
48% (2005)
Niger
63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria
70% (2007 est.)
Niue
NA%
Northern Mariana Islands
NA%
Norway
NA%
Oman
NA%
Pakistan
24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau
NA%
Panama
37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea
37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay
32% (2005 est.)
Peru
44.5% (2006)
Philippines
30% (2003 est.)
Poland
17% (2003 est.)
Portugal
18% (2006)
Puerto Rico
NA%
Qatar
NA%
Romania
25% (2005 est.)
Russia
15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda
60% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena
NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
NA%
Saint Lucia
NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NA%
Samoa
NA%
San Marino
NA%
Sao Tome and Principe
54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia
NA%
Senegal
54% (2001 est.)
Serbia
6.5% (2007 est.)
Seychelles
NA%
Sierra Leone
70.2% (2004)
Singapore
NA%
Slovakia
21% (2002)
Slovenia
12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands
NA%
Somalia
NA%
South Africa
50% (2000 est.)
Spain
19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka
22% (2002 est.)
Sudan
40% (2004 est.)
Suriname
70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland
69% (2006)
Sweden
NA%
Switzerland
NA%
Syria
11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan
0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
60% (2007 est.)
Tanzania
36% (2002 est.)
Thailand
10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste
42% (2003 est.)
Togo
32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau
NA%
Tonga
24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago
17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia
7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey
20% (2002)
Turkmenistan
30% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
NA%
Tuvalu
NA%
Uganda
35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine
37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates
19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom
14% (2006 est.)
United States
12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay
27.4% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan
33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu
NA%
Venezuela
37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam
14.8% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna
NA%
West Bank
46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara
NA%
Yemen
45.2% (2003)
Zambia
86% (1993)
Zimbabwe
68% (2004)
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@2047 Household income or consumption by percentage share (%)
Afghanistan
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Albania
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.4% (2004)
Algeria
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
American Samoa
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Andorra
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Angola
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Anguilla
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Argentina
lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007)
Armenia
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 41.3% (2004)
Aruba
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Australia
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Austria
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 22.5% (2004)
Azerbaijan
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2001)
Bahamas, The
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: 27% (2000)
Bahrain
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bangladesh
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 27.9% (2000)
Barbados
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Belarus
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)
Belgium
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
Belize
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Benin
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29% (2003)
Bermuda
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bhutan
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bolivia
lowest 10%: 0.3%
highest 10%: 47.2% (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 21.4% (2001)
Botswana
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brazil
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 44.8% (2004)
British Virgin Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brunei
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)
Burkina Faso
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.2% (2004)
Burma
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi
lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Cambodia
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 34.8% (2004)
Cameroon
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)
Canada
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)
Cape Verde
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cayman Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Central African Republic
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)
Chad
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Chile
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 45% (2003)
China
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 34.9% (2004)
Colombia
lowest 10%: 7.9%
highest 10%: 34.3% (2004)
Comoros
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Republic of the
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cook Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Costa Rica
lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 37.4% (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34% (2002)
Croatia
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Cuba
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cyprus
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Czech Republic
lowest 10%: 4.3%
highest 10%: 22.4% (1996)
Denmark
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Djibouti
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominica
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominican Republic
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2004)
Ecuador lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 35% note: data for urban households only (October 2006)
Egypt
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
El Salvador
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 38.8% (2002)
Equatorial Guinea
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Eritrea
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Estonia
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 27.6% (2003)
Ethiopia
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 25.5% (2000)
European Union
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Faroe Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Fiji
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Finland
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.6% (2000)
France
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2004)
French Polynesia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gabon
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gambia, The
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 37% (1998)
Gaza Strip
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Georgia
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 27% (2005)
Germany
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 22.1% (2000)
Ghana
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1999)
Gibraltar
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Greece
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.)
Greenland
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Grenada
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guam
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guatemala
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002)
Guernsey
lowest 10%: NA%
highest
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