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Skriven 2008-03-14 11:22:16 av Joe Bruchis (1:3828/12)
  Kommentar till text 12793 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: poverty
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Hello Ward.

14 Mar 08 16:31, you wrote to me:

 WD> Joe,

 JB>> The U.S. has
 JB>> the least number of poor and homeless than any country in the
 JB>> world. That's why so many people risk their lives to illegaly
 JB>> cross our borders every day.

 WD> You are pulling someone's leg, right?

Nope.

 Economy Statistics > Population below poverty line (per $ GDP) (most recent)
by country
VIEW DATA:              Totals                  Per capita Per $ GDP
        Definition     Source      Printable version
                Bar Graph                       Map

Showing latest available data.
Rank    Countries       Amount  (top to bottom)
#1      Sao Tomé and Pr¡ncipe:  870,967.742 % per $1 trillion of GD
#2      Liberia:        178,571.429 % per $1 trillion of GD
#3      Comoros:        163,487.738 % per $1 trillion of GD
#4      East Timor:     123,893.805 % per $1 trillion of GD
#5      Micronesia, Federated States of:        118,141.593 % per $1 trillion
of GD
#6      Tonga:  112,676.056 % per $1 trillion of GD
#7      Dominica:       111,524.164 % per $1 trillion of GD
#8      Burundi:        103,500.761 % per $1 trillion of GD
#9      Djibouti:       75,414.781 % per $1 trillion of GD
#10     Grenada:        73,394.495 % per $1 trillion of GD
#11     Sierra Leone:   63,255.814 % per $1 trillion of GD
#12     Suriname:       63,119.928 % per $1 trillion of GD
#13     Eritrea:        54,054.054 % per $1 trillion of GD
#14     Bhutan:         47,102.526 % per $1 trillion of GD
#15     Lesotho:        35,636.364 % per $1 trillion of GD
#16     Rwanda:         32,520.325 % per $1 trillion of GD
#17     Cape Verde:     31,645.57 % per $1 trillion of GD
#18     Tajikistan:     30,798.845 % per $1 trillion of GD
#19     Belize:         30,621.572 % per $1 trillion of GD
#20     Mauritania:     29,476.787 % per $1 trillion of GD
#21     Malawi:         29,233.315 % per $1 trillion of GD
#22     Swaziland:      28,595.11 % per $1 trillion of GD
#23     Maldives:       27,888.446 % per $1 trillion of GD
#24     Mongolia:       23,672.131 % per $1 trillion of GD
#25     Haiti:  22,630.835 % per $1 trillion of GD
#26     Niger:  20,447.907 % per $1 trillion of GD
#27     Chad:   18,669.778 % per $1 trillion of GD
#28     Kyrgyzstan:     18,140.59 % per $1 trillion of GD
#29     Zambia:         15,958.434 % per $1 trillion of GD
#30     Togo:   15,526.443 % per $1 trillion of GD
#31     Guinea:         13,397.948 % per $1 trillion of GD
#32     West Bank:      13,231.036 % per $1 trillion of GD
#33     Mali:   13,160.6 % per $1 trillion of GD
#34     Laos:   12,728.027 % per $1 trillion of GD
#35     Mozambique:     12,617.159 % per $1 trillion of GD
#36     Madagascar:     11,457.379 % per $1 trillion of GD
#37     Moldova:        11,368.015 % per $1 trillion of GD
#38     Nicaragua:      11,026.878 % per $1 trillion of GD
#39     Georgia:        10,606.953 % per $1 trillion of GD
#40     Armenia:        9,749.225 % per $1 trillion of GD
#41     Fiji:   9,706.89 % per $1 trillion of GD
#42     Papua New Guinea:       9,465.336 % per $1 trillion of GD
#43     Turkmenistan:   9,404.897 % per $1 trillion of GD
#44     Burkina Faso:   9,328.358 % per $1 trillion of GD
#45     Afghanistan:    9,199.792 % per $1 trillion of GD
#46     Cambodia:       8,701.327 % per $1 trillion of GD
#47     Benin:  8,098.16 % per $1 trillion of GD
#48     Bolivia:        7,295.11 % per $1 trillion of GD
#49     Honduras:       7,190.341 % per $1 trillion of GD
#50     Senegal:        7,045.01 % per $1 trillion of GD
#51     Azerbaijan:     5,749.149 % per $1 trillion of GD
#52     Macedonia, Republic of:         5,718.643 % per $1 trillion of GD 
#53     Uganda:         5,122.201 % per $1 trillion of GD
#54     Ethiopia:       4,791.383 % per $1 trillion of GD
#55     Nepal:  4,622.037 % per $1 trillion of GD
#56     Zimbabwe:       4,507.042 % per $1 trillion of GD
#57     Paraguay:       4,489.968 % per $1 trillion of GD
#58     Ghana:  3,642.691 % per $1 trillion of GD
#59     Yemen:  3,521.895 % per $1 trillion of GD
#60     Botswana:       3,499.249 % per $1 trillion of GD
#61     Angola:         3,481.202 % per $1 trillion of GD
#62     Tanzania:       3,317.667 % per $1 trillion of GD
#63     Albania:        3,293.808 % per $1 trillion of GD
#64     Cameroon:       3,257.992 % per $1 trillion of GD
#65     Kenya:  3,205.128 % per $1 trillion of GD
#66     Bosnia and Herzegovina:         3,078.439 % per $1 trillion of GD 
#67     Uzbekistan:     2,759.197 % per $1 trillion of GD
#68     Panama:         2,682.52 % per $1 trillion of GD
#69     Jordan:         2,679.528 % per $1 trillion of GD
#70     C“te d'Ivoire:  2,420.516 % per $1 trillion of GD
#71     El Salvador:    2,224.469 % per $1 trillion of GD
#72     Uruguay:        2,083.27 % per $1 trillion of GD
#73     Guatemala:      2,047.284 % per $1 trillion of GD
#74     Sudan:  2,045.094 % per $1 trillion of GD
#75     Jamaica:        1,843.088 % per $1 trillion of GD
#76     Bahamas, The:   1,768.061 % per $1 trillion of GD
#77     Trinidad and Tobago:    1,674.107 % per $1 trillion of GD
#78     Mauritius:      1,651.255 % per $1 trillion of GD
#79     Dominican Republic:     1,338.831 % per $1 trillion of GD
#80     Lebanon:        1,286.292 % per $1 trillion of GD
#81     Ecuador:        1,271.382 % per $1 trillion of GD
#82     Serbia and Montenegro:  1,250.208 % per $1 trillion of GD
#83     Belarus:        1,186.048 % per $1 trillion of GD
#84     Sri Lanka:      1,096.983 % per $1 trillion of GD
#85     Costa Rica:     978.527 % per $1 trillion of GD
#86     Nigeria:        832.108 % per $1 trillion of GD
#87     Bangladesh:     791.64 % per $1 trillion of GD
#88     Peru:   789.531 % per $1 trillion of GD
#89     Bulgaria:       584.311 % per $1 trillion of GD
#90     Syria:  514.417 % per $1 trillion of GD
#91     Slovakia:       511.048 % per $1 trillion of GD
#92     Colombia:       505.216 % per $1 trillion of GD
#93     Kazakhstan:     466.338 % per $1 trillion of GD
#94     Philippines:    462.808 % per $1 trillion of GD
#95     Estonia:        462.62 % per $1 trillion of GD
#96     Ukraine:        445.133 % per $1 trillion of GD
#97     Vietnam:        431.321 % per $1 trillion of GD
#98     Slovenia:       400.845 % per $1 trillion of GD
#99     Morocco:        379.582 % per $1 trillion of GD
#100    Venezuela:      346.682 % per $1 trillion of GD
#101    Romania:        341.684 % per $1 trillion of GD
#102    Croatia:        321.637 % per $1 trillion of GD
#103    Algeria:        295.337 % per $1 trillion of GD
#104    Egypt:  266.141 % per $1 trillion of GD
#105    Tunisia:        262.551 % per $1 trillion of GD
#106    Libya:  254.13 % per $1 trillion of GD
#107    Pakistan:       249.701 % per $1 trillion of GD
#108    Iran:   245.838 % per $1 trillion of GD
#109    South Africa:   234.988 % per $1 trillion of GD
#110    Chile:  193.401 % per $1 trillion of GD
#111    Israel:         183.755 % per $1 trillion of GD
#112    Lithuania:      179.67 % per $1 trillion of GD
#113    Argentina:      177.557 % per $1 trillion of GD
#114    Hungary:        86.248 % per $1 trillion of GD
#115    Poland:         70.296 % per $1 trillion of GD
#116    Indonesia:      69.088 % per $1 trillion of GD
#117    Turkey:         66.236 % per $1 trillion of GD
#118    Thailand:       61.165 % per $1 trillion of GD
#119    Mexico:         59.128 % per $1 trillion of GD
#120    Ireland:        54.478 % per $1 trillion of GD
#121    Brazil:         51.252 % per $1 trillion of GD
#122    Malaysia:       43.303 % per $1 trillion of GD
#123    India:  36.134 % per $1 trillion of GD
#124    Russia:         30.563 % per $1 trillion of GD
#125    Korea, South:   22.069 % per $1 trillion of GD
#126    Austria:        20.337 % per $1 trillion of GD
#127    Spain:  19.971 % per $1 trillion of GD
#128    Netherlands:    18.189 % per $1 trillion of GD
#129    Canada:         16.228 % per $1 trillion of GD
#130    Belgium:        11.434 % per $1 trillion of GD
#131    United Kingdom:         7.941 % per $1 trillion of GD
#132    China:  6.063 % per $1 trillion of GD
#133    Germany:        4.052 % per $1 trillion of GD
#134    France:         3.096 % per $1 trillion of GD
#135    United States:  1.028 % per $1 trillion of GD
        Weighted average:       21,383.8 % per $1 trillion of GD


DEFINITION: National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below
the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted
by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably
among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous
standards of poverty than poor nations. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1
trillion $ gross domestic product.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007


Joe

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