ANNEX TABLE 1 Rural and urban poverty percentages for developing countries | |||
Region/country |
Year |
Rural |
Urban |
(Percentage) | |||
Western and central Africa |
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Burkina Faso |
1998 |
50.7 |
15.8 |
Cameroon |
1984 |
32.4 |
44.4 |
Chad |
1985-86 |
67 |
63 |
Ghana |
1991-92 |
33.9 |
26.5 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1991 |
60.9 |
24.1 |
Mauritania |
1996 |
58.9 |
19.0 |
Niger |
1989-93 |
66 |
52 |
Nigeria |
1992 |
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Senegal |
1991 |
40.4 |
16.4 |
Sierra Leone |
1989 |
76 |
53 |
Eastern and southern Africa |
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Ethiopia |
1994-97 |
45.9 |
38.7 |
Kenya |
1994 |
46.7 |
28.9 |
Lesotho |
1993 |
53.9 |
27.8 |
Madagascar |
1993-94 |
77 |
47 |
Uganda |
1997 |
48.2 |
16.3 |
Zambia |
1996 |
74.9 |
34 |
Zimbabwe |
1996 |
62.8 |
14.9 |
East and South Asia |
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Bangladesh |
1995-96 |
39.8 |
14.3 |
Cambodia |
1997 |
43.1 |
24.8 |
China |
1998 |
4.6 |
2 |
India |
1997 |
34.2 |
27.9 |
Indonesia |
1998 |
22 |
17.8 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
1993 |
53 |
24 |
Malaysia |
1989 |
19.3 |
14.3 |
Mongolia |
1995 |
33.1 |
38.5 |
Nepal |
1995-96 |
44 |
23 |
Pakistan |
1990-91 |
36.9 |
28 |
Philippines |
1997 |
51.2 |
22.5 |
Papua New Guinea |
1996 |
39.4 |
13.5 |
Sri Lanka |
1990-91 |
24.4 |
18.3 |
Thailand |
1992 |
15.5 |
10.2 |
Viet Nam |
1993 |
57.2 |
25.9 |
Latin America |
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Bolivia |
1996 |
81.7 |
33.8 |
Brazil |
1995 |
41.5 |
13.2 |
Chile |
1995 |
14.7 |
5.6 |
Colombia |
1992 |
31.2 |
8 |
Dominican Republic |
1992 |
31.2 |
8 |
Ecuador |
1994 |
47 |
25 |
Guatemala |
1989 |
71.9 |
33.7 |
Honduras |
1993 |
51 |
57 |
Nicaragua |
1993 |
76.1 |
31.9 |
Panama |
1997 |
64.9 |
15.3 |
Paraguay |
1995 |
45.3 |
7.5 |
Peru |
1997 |
64.7 |
40.4 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1992 |
20 |
24 |
Venezuela |
1995 |
73.1 |
45.8 |
