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Relative Poverty Rates for the Total Population, Children and the Elderly
Warnings:
- For a correct interpretation of these figures, we encourage you to read through the "Methods page"
- We report standard errors in a Bootstrap Standard Errors table
Note:
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Country Year

Total Population

Children

Elderly

Poverty Line
(Percent of Median)

Poverty Line
(Percent of Median)

Poverty Line
(Percent of Median)

40

50

60

40

50

60

40

50

60
Australia

1981

5.3

11.3

18.4

7.5

13.8

20.2

4.4

24.0

49.7

1985

5.4

11.9

19.8

8.0

14.0

20.8

3.6

24.3

48.8

1989

6.2

12.2

19.1

9.3

15.0

21.2

5.6

23.8

45.7

1995

4.8

11.4

20.6

6.5

13.1

22.3

4.4

21.8

44.2
2001

5.5

13.0

21.6

6.7

14.9

23.0

4.7

23.0

46.7
2003

5.4

12.2

20.4

6.9

14.0

22.1

5.8

22.3

44.9
Austria

1987

2.8

6.7

11.7

2.6

4.8

9.9

6.8

18.5

30.1

1994

4.6

8.7

14.7

4.7

9.7

16.7

5.2

11.9

22.3

1995

7.4

10.6

17.0

10.6

15.0

22.3

6.9

10.3

22.6

1997

4.4

8.0

14.2

6.5

10.2

17.3

3.4

10.5

22.7

2000

 3.6 7.7 13.4 3.8* 7.8 15.9 5.8 13.6 21.4
Belgium

1985

2.0

4.5

10.5

1.9

4.0

10.8

4.3

10.9

21.2

1988

1.9

4.6

11.4

1.3

3.8

11.3

4.2

9.7

24.3

1992

1.9

5.2

10.7

1.6

4.6

9.3

4.2

12.1

24.6

1995

 3.0 8.7 15.9 2.4* 8.1 14.7 6.4 17.2 31.0

1997

3.3

8.0

14.4

3.2

7.7

13.7

3.7

11.7

22.7

2000

3.7

8.0

15.6

3.8*

6.7

12.6

5.7

16.4

34.8
Canada

1971

10.4

16.1

22.2

10.8

16.6

23.0

16.9

36.9

51.8

1975

8.9

13.9

19.6

9.1

14.4

20.5

20.8

34.7

48.5

1981

7.5

12.4

18.9

9.6

14.8

21.4

6.7

22.1

39.3

1987

6.9

11.4

17.5

9.2

14.9

22.0

3.5

10.8

24.5

1991

6.3

11.0

16.6

9.0

15.3

21.2

1.3

5.8

19.3

1994

6.5

11.3

17.6

8.6

15.4

22.2

1.2

4.9

17.4

1997

7.4

11.9

18.4

9.6

15.7

23.1

1.4

5.4

17.3

1998

7.6

12.8

19.7

9.2

16.3

23.8

1.7

7.8

21.5

2000

6.5

11.4

18.0

7.7

14.9

23.3

1.5

5.9

17.3
Czech Rep.

1992

0.7

2.3

6.5

1.0

2.2

5.4

0.3

5.0

18.3

1996

2.0

4.9

10.5

3.3

6.6

12.2

1.3

7.4

21.9
Denmark

1987

4.1

10.1

17.3

2.6

4.7

8.8

5.2

31.5

55.9

1992

3.8

7.2

14.7

2.4

5.0

10.4

3.7

11.1

35.7

1995

1.9

5.2

12.0

1.3

2.7

7.8

0.6

11.4

35.2

2000

2.0

5.4

13.1

1.2

2.7

8.9

0.8

12.1

36.9

2004

2.3

5.6

13.2

1.5

3.9

10.5

1.1

8.5

31.1
Estonia

2000

7.0

12.4

19.8

8.1

13.6

20.1

4.0

11.0

27.5