Economy > Poverty > Gap at $1 a day > PPP: Countries Compared
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 39.5% | 1989 | ||
| 2 | Central African Republic | 38.1% | 1993 | ||
| 3 | Nigeria | 34.51% | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Niger | 34% | 1995 | ||
| 5 | Zambia | 32.64% | 2004 | ||
| 6 | The Gambia | 28.8% | 1998 | ||
| 7 | Madagascar | 27.9% | 2001 | ||
| 8 | Haiti | 26.59% | 2001 | ||
| 9 | Rwanda | 25.57% | 2000 | ||
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 24.17% | 1996 | ||
| 11 | Burundi | 22.7% | 1998 | ||
| 12 | Tanzania | 20.71% | 2000 | ||
| 13 | Lesotho | 19% | 1995 | ||
| 14 | Ghana | 17.3% | 1998 | ||
| 15 | Nicaragua | 16.74% | 2001 | ||
| 16 | Namibia | 13.97% | 1993 | ||
| 17 | Bolivia | 13.55% | 2002 | ||
| 18 | Mali | 12.23% | 2001 | ||
| 19 | Mozambique | 11.61% | 2002 | ||
| 20 | Bangladesh | 10.3% | 2000 | ||
| 21 | Botswana | 9.94% | 1993 | ||
| 22 | Cambodia | 9.68% | 1997 | ||
| 23 | El Salvador | 9.35% | 2002 | ||
| 24 | Venezuela | 8.86% | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Benin | 8.23% | 2003 | ||
| 26 | India | 7.88% | 2004 | ||
| 27 | Mauritania | 7.56% | 2000 | ||
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 7.26% | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Ecuador | 7.13% | 1998 | ||
| 30 | Laos | 6.07% | 2002 | ||
| 31 | Kenya | 5.92% | 1997 | ||
| 32 | Paraguay | 5.61% | 2003 | ||
| 33 | Guatemala | 5.48% | 2002 | ||
| 34 | Nepal | 5.43% | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Turkmenistan | 5.3% | 1993 | ||
| 36 | Ethiopia | 4.8% | 2000 | ||
| 37 | Malawi | 4.71% | 2004 | ||
| 38 | Yemen | 4.5% | 1998 | ||
| 39 | Honduras | 4.39% | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.14% | 2002 | ||
| 41 | Cameroon | 4.09% | 2001 | ||
| 42 | Senegal | 3.62% | 2001 | ||
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.5% | 1992 | ||
| 44 | Brazil | 3.37% | 2004 | ||
| 45 | Colombia | 3.07% | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Pakistan | 3.06% | 2002 | ||
| 47 | Philippines | 2.9% | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Peru | 2.87% | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Swaziland | 2.46% | 1995 | ||
| 50 | Mongolia | 2.23% | 2002 | ||
| 51 | Georgia | 2.14% | 2003 | ||
| 52 | China | 2.1% | 2004 | ||
| =53 | Argentina | 2.05% | 2004 | ||
| =53 | Panama | 2.05% | 2003 | ||
| 55 | South Africa | 1.74% | 2000 | ||
| 56 | Costa Rica | 1.59% | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Mexico | 1.42% | 2004 | ||
| 58 | Tajikistan | 1.33% | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Indonesia | 0.91% | 2002 | ||
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 0.84% | 2002 | ||
| 61 | Turkey | 0.79% | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.63% | 2001 | ||
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 0.52% | 2004 | ||
| 64 | Romania | 0.51% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2004 | ||
| =65 | Albania | 0.5% | 2004 | ||
| =65 | Moldova | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Latvia | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Uzbekistan | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Chile | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Jordan | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Kazakhstan | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Armenia | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2003 | ||
| =65 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Poland | 0.5% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Russia | 0.5% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2001 | ||
| =65 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2000 | ||
| =65 | Egypt | 0.5% | 2000 | ||
| =65 | Guyana | 0.5% | 1999 | ||
| =65 | Morocco | 0.5% | 1999 | ||
| =65 | Iran | 0.5% | 1998 | ||
| =65 | Slovenia | 0.5% | 1998 | ||
| =65 | South Korea | 0.5% | 1998 | ||
| =65 | Malaysia | 0.5% | 1997 | ||
| =65 | Czech Republic | 0.5% | 1996 | ||
| =65 | Slovakia | 0.5% | 1996 | ||
| =65 | Algeria | 0.5% | 1995 |
