are there any countries with no poverty?
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This includes much of the developed world with social programs which make it darn near impossible for anyone to be living on less than $2 a day. The best example of a country free of absolute poverty I can think of, is Norway (the world-renowned “best place to live).
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Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty, supported by sustained economic growth. Based on the international poverty line of $1.90 per person per day, poverty declined from 44.2 percent in 1991 to 13.8 percent in 2016/17.
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Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America and the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere, has widespread underemployment and poverty. GDP growth of 4.5% in 2017 was insufficient to make a significant difference.
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It is difficult to determine a universal poverty threshold because the minimum standard of living varies from country to country, because different countries have different ways of life. Children, minorities, and families that live in either an inner city or a rural area are especially hard hit by poverty.
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Honduras is a low middle-income country that faces major challenges, with more than 66 percent of the population living in poverty in 2016, according to official data. In rural areas, approximately one out of 5 Hondurans live in extreme poverty, or on less than US$1.90 per day.
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['Singapore.', 'Thailand.', 'Malaysia.', 'Various island countries such as Panama or Cayman Islands.', 'Various countries in Latin America and Africa. ... ', 'Costa Rica.', 'Some special economic regions such as Macao and Hong Kong.', 'Countries which have no income tax in any case like UAE, Saudi Arabia and so on.']
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Poverty Data: Philippines In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. In the Philippines, the proportion of employed population below $1.90 purchasing power parity a day in 2019 is 2.7%.
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No – New Zealand does not have an official national poverty line. The proportion of older people in households with after-housing-costs incomes below a low-income threshold.
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['Low Gross National Income (GNI) Third world countries experience low economic development, and high rates of poverty. ... ', 'Economic Dependence on Other Countries. ... ', 'Low Human Development Index (HDI) ... ', 'Lack of Political Rights and Civil Liberties.']
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Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with 50.7 percent of the population living below the poverty line and 25 percent living in extreme poverty. ... Out of the total rural population, 57.0 percent is poor compared to 17.0 percent of the urban population.
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The 2019 CPI, published in January of 2020, currently ranks 180 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)." Denmark, New Zealand and Finland are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world, ranking consistently high among international financial transparency, while the most perceived ...
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['Rwanda: 7.7% ... ', 'Bangladesh: 7.5% ... ', 'Senegal: 7.3% ... ', 'Ethiopia: 7.0% ... ', 'Myanmar: 6.8%']
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Richer countries are almost all located in the Northern Hemisphere, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand. ... Countries such as Argentina, Malaysia and Botswana all have above global average GDP (PPP) per capita, yet still appear in the 'Global South'.
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1.3 billion people in 104 developing countries, which accounts for 74% of the world's population, live in multidimensional poverty, according to a 2018 survey by the U.N. Development Program. 660 million children are experiencing multidimensional poverty, according to the U.N. Development Program.
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['Rwanda.', 'Kenya.', 'Ghana.', "Côte d'Ivoire.", 'Ethiopia.', 'Mauritius.', 'Morocco.', 'Nigeria.']
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['Burundi.', 'Cambodia.', 'Cape Verde.', 'Comoros Island.', 'Cook Islands.', 'Djibouti.', 'Georgia.', 'Guinea-Bissau.']
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['Norway. According to the UN Development Report, Norway is the most developed nation in the world. ... ', 'Switzerland. The second most-developed country in the world is Switzerland with an HDI of . ... ', 'Ireland. With an HDI of 0.942, Ireland is the third-most developed country. ... ', 'Germany. ... ', 'Hong Kong, China. ... ', 'Australia. ... ', 'Iceland. ... ', 'Sweden.']