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Economy Statistics > Poverty gap at $2 a day > PPP > % (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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