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Can you name the Top 50 Countries Below Poverty Line?
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emylee2242
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Name the top 50 countries with the highest percentage of people below the poverty line! Source is missing several countries. NOTE: #46- Gaza Strip
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Rank
Country
Percentage of People Below Line
1.
80%
2.
80%
3.
80%
4.
71%
5.
70.2%
6.
70%
7.
70%
8.
69%
9.
68%
10.
68%
11.
66.2%
12.
64%
13.
63%
14.
60%
15.
60%
16.
55.8%
17.
54%
18.
54%
19.
54%
20.
53%
21.
%51.3
22.
60%
23.
50.6%
24.
50%
25.
50%
Rank
Country
Percentage of People Below Line
26.
50%
27.
50%
28.
49%
29.
48.4%
30.
48%
31.
47%
32.
46.7%
33.
46.7%
34.
46.5%
35.
46.2%
36.
45.2%
37.
44.9%
38.
43%
39.
42%
40.
42%
41.
41%
42.
40.5%
43.
40%
44.
39.2%
45.
38%
47.
37.4%
48.
37.2%
49.
37%
50.
36.5%
46.
36.5%
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Top 50 Countries Below Poverty Line Quiz
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Created May 10, 2010 in
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D3nn1s
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May 10th, 2010 at 21:07 GMT
5 points
I thought this would be a 'how many countries of Africa can you guess' quiz, and I was basically right, but I was still surprised to see countries like South Africa and Kenya on here. But the biggest surprise was Ukraine
HiddenPalace
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May 10th, 2010 at 22:00 GMT
-1 points
I don't fully understand the criteria for selection here.
otis89
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May 10th, 2010 at 22:31 GMT
3 points
What's not to understand? It's the 50 countries with the highest percentage of people below the poverty line.
skiforlife:
May 11th, 2010 at 00:52 GMT
3 points
somehow i doubt the Ukraine is poorer than both Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
emylee2242
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May 11th, 2010 at 01:11 GMT
2 points
That's what I thought but I'm just using the information from my source.
FelixtheBear
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May 11th, 2010 at 04:11 GMT
3 points
I went to the source, and they didn't include Somalia, DRC, CAR, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Myanmar, Oman, and probably others in their study. I think a better source is needed to make this a definitive quiz.
Pit_trout
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May 11th, 2010 at 04:12 GMT
3 points
Looking at the source, a fair few countries don't appear: Somalia, Iraq, both Congos... presumably the ones that didn't have reliable enough statistics; maybe point that out in the quiz notes? But still a really interesting quiz for the ranking among the ones that do appear!
emylee2242
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:45 GMT
1 point
thanks for the comments I'll go see if I can find a better source
emylee2242
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:57 GMT
1 point
I went to https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html to see if they had better information and found that the statistics for those countries were missing, they were unable to obtain those numbers so I'm assuming thats why they are missing from the other site as well.
jeraboa
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May 11th, 2010 at 15:09 GMT
2 points
Should remember the maxim "if in doubt always guess Papua new Guinea", got all the rest. I wonder how many of the 90.8% whose got niger correct found themselves looking at an ia in the answer box.
johnlk
:
May 11th, 2010 at 16:51 GMT
0 points
The problem is that so many of the poorest countries are excluded from the source list.
claytoam01
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Oct 22nd, 2011 at 15:55 GMT
1 point
Its obviously because higher standards are just not met in the Ukraine , whereas in DRC , the government , and same for other countries , did not do a survey because they are usually , regime countries.
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