Poverty in Santa Catarina
May 2006
The tables below show the percentage share of the people that live below the poverty line, the first table for states within Brazil and the second table for various countries.
Table 1: Brazil |
%
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| Santa Catarina, state in Brazil (ranking no. 1 of 27) | 10
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| Sao Paulo, state in Brazil (ranking no. 2 of 27) | 16
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| Brazil | 33
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| Rio Grande de Norte, state in Brazil (ranking no. 19 of 27) | 44
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| Bahia, state in Brazil (ranking no. 20 of 27) | 45 |
| Source: Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA) 2004, www.ipea.gov.br | |
| Table 2: The World | %
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| South Korea | 4
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| Hungary | 9 |
| Thailand, China, Santa Catarina 1) | 10
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| Turkey, Poland | 18
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| Brazil 2) | 22
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| Dominican Republic, Russia | 25
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| South Africa | 50
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| Argentina 3) | 52
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Source: www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Population_Below_Poverty_Line_dall.htm 1) The value for Santa Catarina comes from Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA) 2004 2) Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA) 2004 gives a higher value for Brazil than the information source of this table. 3) The high value for Argentina may be explained by the economic crisis that the country has gone through the last years, when the jobless ratio climbed above 20%. |
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