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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     Honduras: 15.08 %   2003 Time series
= 42     Mongolia: 15.08 %   2002 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     Macedonia, Republic of: 0.5 %   2003 Time series
= 90     Czech Republic: 0.5 %   1996 Time series
= 90     Hungary: 0.5 %   2002 Time series
= 90     Korea, South: 0.5 %   1998 Time series
= 90     Slovenia: 0.5 %   1998 Time series
= 90     Croatia: 0.5 %   2001 Time series
= 90     Poland: 0.5 %   2002 Time series
= 90     Belarus: 0.5 %   2002 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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