Economy > Poverty > Poverty gap at $1.25 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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | $46.84% | 2000 | ||
| 2 | Liberia | $40.78% | 2007 | ||
| 3 | Rwanda | $38.21% | 2000 | ||
| 4 | Burundi | $36.39% | 2006 | ||
| 5 | Mozambique | $35.40% | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Zambia | $32.76% | 2004 | ||
| 7 | Malawi | $32.31% | 2004 | ||
| 8 | Guinea | $32.24% | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Angola | $29.94% | 2000 | ||
| 10 | Nigeria | $29.57% | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Swaziland | $29.38% | 2001 | ||
| 12 | Central African Republic | $28.30% | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Haiti | $28.24% | 2001 | ||
| 14 | Niger | $28.08% | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Madagascar | $26.52% | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Chad | $25.64% | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $25.31% | 2006 | ||
| 18 | Namibia | $24.59% | 1993 | ||
| 19 | Congo, Republic of the | $22.82% | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Comoros | $20.82% | 2004 | ||
| 21 | Lesotho | $20.76% | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Sierra Leone | $20.30% | 2003 | ||
| 23 | Burkina Faso | $20.27% | 2003 | ||
| 24 | Nepal | $19.71% | 2004 | ||
| 25 | Uganda | $19.11% | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Mali | $18.79% | 2006 | ||
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | $16.52% | 2002 | ||
| 28 | Benin | $15.73% | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Uzbekistan | $15.04% | 2003 | ||
| 30 | Bangladesh | $13.08% | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | $12.29% | 1996 | ||
| 32 | Laos | $12.11% | 2002 | ||
| 33 | The Gambia | $12.05% | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Togo | $11.37% | 2006 | ||
| 35 | Botswana | $11.04% | 1994 | ||
| 36 | India | $10.83% | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Senegal | $10.80% | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Ghana | $10.49% | 2006 | ||
| 39 | Cameroon | $10.17% | 2001 | ||
| 40 | Ethiopia | $9.60% | 2005 | ||
| 41 | East Timor | $8.73% | 2007 | ||
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | $8.40% | 2001 | ||
| 43 | Honduras | $8.19% | 2006 | ||
| 44 | South Africa | $8.18% | 2000 | ||
| 45 | Saint Lucia | $7.19% | 1995 | ||
| 46 | Indonesia | $7.08% | 2007 | ||
| 47 | Bhutan | $6.98% | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Turkmenistan | $6.97% | 1998 | ||
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | $6.82% | 2002 | ||
| 50 | Kenya | $6.10% | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Cambodia | $6.05% | 2007 | ||
| 52 | Suriname | $5.90% | 1999 | ||
| 53 | Cape Verde | $5.86% | 2001 | ||
| 54 | Colombia | $5.73% | 2006 | ||
| 55 | Mauritania | $5.66% | 2000 | ||
| 56 | Bolivia | $5.59% | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Philippines | $5.48% | 2006 | ||
| 58 | Belize | $5.41% | 1995 | ||
| 59 | Djibouti | $5.29% | 2002 | ||
| 60 | Nicaragua | $5.23% | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Tajikistan | $5.06% | 2004 | ||
| 62 | Vietnam | $4.62% | 2006 | ||
| 63 | Georgia | $4.36% | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Pakistan | $4.35% | 2005 | ||
| 65 | China | $3.95% | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Guyana | $3.90% | 1998 | ||
| 67 | Guatemala | $3.46% | 2006 | ||
| 68 | Panama | $3.07% | 2006 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $3.07% | 2002 | |||
| 69 | Paraguay | $2.74% | 2007 | ||
| 70 | El Salvador | $2.69% | 2007 | ||
| 71 | Sri Lanka | $2.64% | 2002 | ||
| 72 | Peru | $2.27% | 2007 | ||
| 73 | Mexico | $1.75% | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Algeria | $1.36% | 1995 | ||
| 75 | Dominican Republic | $1.27% | 2007 | ||
| 76 | Brazil | $1.26% | 2007 | ||
| 77 | Ecuador | $1.20% | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Venezuela | $1.16% | 2006 | ||
| 79 | Argentina | $1.15% | 2006 | ||
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1.05% | 1992 | ||
| 81 | Gabon | $0.90% | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Armenia | $0.68% | 2007 | ||
| 83 | Morocco | $0.54% | 2007 | ||
| 84 | Moldova | $0.51% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Ukraine | $0.50% | 2008 | ||
| =85 | Serbia and Montenegro | $0.50% | 2008 | ||
| =85 | Kyrgyzstan | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Kazakhstan | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Uruguay | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Seychelles | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Belarus | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Latvia | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Romania | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Russia | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Costa Rica | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =85 | Turkey | $0.50% | 2006 | ||
| =85 | Jordan | $0.50% | 2006 | ||
| =85 | Chile | $0.50% | 2006 | ||
| =85 | Azerbaijan | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =85 | Poland | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =85 | Croatia | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =85 | Lithuania | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Hungary | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Slovenia | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Jamaica | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Malaysia | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Estonia | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Thailand | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =85 | Bulgaria | $0.50% | 2003 | ||
| =85 | Tunisia | $0.50% | 2000 | ||
| =85 | Slovakia | $0.50% | 1996 | ||
| =85 | Czech Republic | $0.50% | 1996 | ||
| 114 | Mongolia | $0.38% | 2008 |
