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DEFINITION
Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. Data showing as 0.5 signifies a poverty gap of less than 0.5 percent.
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Countries
Amount
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#1 Nigeria :
59.53 %
2003 ...
#2 Central African Republic :
58.44 %
1993 ...
#3 Zambia :
55.22 %
2004 ...
#4 Niger :
54.6 %
1995 ...
#5 Sierra Leone :
51.8 %
1989 ...
#6 Madagascar :
51.75 %
2001 ...
#7 Rwanda :
51.55 %
2000 ...
#8 Gambia, The :
51.1 %
1998 ...
#9 Tanzania :
49.33 %
2000 ...
#10 Burundi :
48.9 %
1998 ...
#11 Zimbabwe :
48.21 %
1996 ...
#12 Haiti :
47.35 %
2001 ...
#13 Nicaragua :
41.17 %
2001 ...
#14 Ghana :
40.8 %
1998 ...
#15 Bangladesh :
38.3 %
2000 ...
#16 India :
35.02 %
2004 ...
#17 Mozambique :
34.9 %
2002 ...
#18 Cambodia :
34.48 %
1997 ...
#19 Mali :
34.21 %
2001 ...
#20 Lesotho :
33.1 %
1995 ...
#21 Benin :
31.7 %
2003 ...
#22 Namibia :
30.37 %
1993 ...
#23 Burkina Faso :
30.35 %
2003 ...
#24 Laos :
30.2 %
2002 ...
#25 Ethiopia :
29.6 %
2000 ...
#26 Mauritania :
26.8 %
2000 ...
#27 Nepal :
26.79 %
2004 ...
#28 Botswana :
26.49 %
1993 ...
#29 Pakistan :
26.09 %
2002 ...
#30 Malawi :
24.29 %
2004 ...
#31 Kenya :
23.92 %
1997 ...
#32 Bolivia :
23.24 %
2002 ...
#33 Turkmenistan :
23.07 %
1993 ...
#34 Senegal :
20.85 %
2001 ...
#35 Cameroon :
19.35 %
2001 ...
#36 Venezuela :
19.19 %
2003 ...
#37 Côte d'Ivoire :
18.4 %
2002 ...
#38 El Salvador :
17.73 %
2002 ...
#39 Ecuador :
17.69 %
1998 ...
#40 Philippines :
16.32 %
2003 ...
#41 Indonesia :
15.71 %
2002 ...
#42 Mongolia :
15.08 %
2002 ...
#43 Honduras :
15.08 %
2003 ...
#44 Yemen :
14.98 %
1998 ...
#45 Trinidad and Tobago :
14.6 %
1992 ...
#46 Guatemala :
13.76 %
2002 ...
#47 Paraguay :
13.75 %
2003 ...
#48 Tajikistan :
13.01 %
2003 ...
#49 South Africa :
12.59 %
2000 ...
#50 China :
12.51 %
2004 ...
#51 Sri Lanka :
11.92 %
2002 ...
#52 Peru :
11.85 %
2003 ...
#53 Egypt :
11.33 %
2000 ...
#54 Azerbaijan :
9.11 %
2001 ...
#55 Swaziland :
8.91 %
1995 ...
#56 Georgia :
8.57 %
2003 ...
#57 Brazil :
8.52 %
2004 ...
#58 Colombia :
7.7 %
2003 ...
#59 Panama :
7.46 %
2003 ...
#60 Armenia :
7.08 %
2003 ...
#61 Argentina :
7.05 %
2004 ...
#62 Thailand :
6.21 %
2002 ...
#63 Turkey :
5.73 %
2003 ...
#64 Dominican Republic :
4.89 %
2004 ...
#65 Moldova :
4.71 %
2003 ...
#66 Kyrgyzstan :
4.39 %
2003 ...
#67 Mexico :
4.15 %
2004 ...
#68 Costa Rica :
4 %
2003 ...
#69 Algeria :
3.8 %
1995 ...
#70 Kazakhstan :
3.76 %
2003 ...
#71 Jamaica :
3.33 %
2004 ...
#72 Morocco :
3.1 %
1999 ...
#73 Russia :
3.09 %
2002 ...
#74 Romania :
2.98 %
2003 ...
#75 Malaysia :
2 %
1997 ...
#76 Estonia :
1.89 %
2003 ...
#77 Lithuania :
1.75 %
2003 ...
#78 Guyana :
1.7 %
1999 ...
#79 Albania :
1.62 %
2004 ...
#80 Uruguay :
1.55 %
2003 ...
#81 Bulgaria :
1.53 %
2003 ...
#82 Iran :
1.5 %
1998 ...
#83 Jordan :
1.46 %
2003 ...
#84 Chile :
1.35 %
2003 ...
#85 Tunisia :
1.33 %
2000 ...
#86 Latvia :
1.24 %
2003 ...
#87 Ukraine :
0.94 %
2003 ...
#88 Slovakia :
0.84 %
1996 ...
#89 Uzbekistan :
0.57 %
2003 ...
#90 Croatia :
0.5 %
2001 ...
#91 Poland :
0.5 %
2002 ...
#92 Korea, South :
0.5 %
1998 ...
#93 Hungary :
0.5 %
2002 ...
#94 Belarus :
0.5 %
2002 ...
#95 Macedonia, Republic of :
0.5 %
2003 ...
#96 Czech Republic :
0.5 %
1996 ...
#97 Slovenia :
0.5 %
1998 ...
Weighted average:
17.8 %
DEFINITION: Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. Data showing as 0.5 signifies a poverty gap of less than 0.5 percent.
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