Economy > Poverty > Poverty gap at $2 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.".
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | $64.38% | 2000 | ||
| 2 | Liberia | $59.51% | 2007 | ||
| 3 | Burundi | $56.06% | 2006 | ||
| 4 | Rwanda | $55.68% | 2000 | ||
| 5 | Mozambique | $53.56% | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Malawi | $51.78% | 2004 | ||
| 7 | Guinea | $50.25% | 2003 | ||
| 8 | Zambia | $48.27% | 2004 | ||
| 9 | Madagascar | $46.93% | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Nigeria | $46.89% | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Niger | $46.65% | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Swaziland | $45.84% | 2001 | ||
| 13 | Central African Republic | $45.30% | 2003 | ||
| 14 | Chad | $43.92% | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $42.39% | 2006 | ||
| 16 | Angola | $42.35% | 2000 | ||
| 17 | Haiti | $41.81% | 2001 | ||
| 18 | Burkina Faso | $39.26% | 2003 | ||
| 19 | Congo, Republic of the | $38.82% | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Nepal | $37.82% | 2004 | ||
| 21 | Sierra Leone | $37.53% | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Namibia | $36.51% | 1993 | ||
| 23 | Mali | $36.50% | 2006 | ||
| 24 | Uganda | $36.37% | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | $34.83% | 2002 | ||
| 26 | Comoros | $34.16% | 2004 | ||
| 27 | Bangladesh | $33.81% | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Benin | $33.50% | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Uzbekistan | $33.18% | 2003 | ||
| 30 | Lesotho | $33.05% | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Laos | $31.05% | 2002 | ||
| 32 | India | $30.41% | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Ethiopia | $28.86% | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Togo | $27.90% | 2006 | ||
| 35 | East Timor | $27.02% | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | $25.49% | 1996 | ||
| 37 | The Gambia | $24.88% | 2003 | ||
| 38 | Senegal | $24.66% | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Cameroon | $23.65% | 2001 | ||
| 40 | Ghana | $22.31% | 2006 | ||
| 41 | Botswana | $22.29% | 1994 | ||
| 42 | Indonesia | $21.78% | 2007 | ||
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | $21.63% | 2001 | ||
| 44 | Cambodia | $20.11% | 2007 | ||
| 45 | Bhutan | $18.82% | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Pakistan | $18.74% | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Turkmenistan | $18.42% | 1998 | ||
| 48 | South Africa | $18.31% | 2000 | ||
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | $17.62% | 2002 | ||
| 50 | Tajikistan | $16.75% | 2004 | ||
| 51 | Philippines | $16.35% | 2006 | ||
| 52 | Vietnam | $16.20% | 2006 | ||
| 53 | Mauritania | $15.89% | 2000 | ||
| 54 | Saint Lucia | $15.51% | 1995 | ||
| 55 | Kenya | $15.11% | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Cape Verde | $14.85% | 2001 | ||
| 57 | Djibouti | $14.57% | 2002 | ||
| 58 | Honduras | $14.15% | 2006 | ||
| 59 | Nicaragua | $12.26% | 2005 | ||
| 60 | China | $12.21% | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Colombia | $11.87% | 2006 | ||
| 62 | Sri Lanka | $11.85% | 2002 | ||
| 63 | Suriname | $11.74% | 1999 | ||
| 64 | Georgia | $10.92% | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Belize | $10.28% | 1995 | ||
| 66 | Bolivia | $9.54% | 2007 | ||
| 67 | Guatemala | $8.94% | 2006 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $8.61% | 2002 | |||
| 68 | Panama | $7.06% | 2006 | ||
| 69 | Guyana | $6.94% | 1998 | ||
| 70 | Algeria | $6.45% | 1995 | ||
| 71 | Peru | $6.23% | 2007 | ||
| 72 | Paraguay | $5.53% | 2007 | ||
| 73 | El Salvador | $5.31% | 2007 | ||
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | $5.22% | 2007 | ||
| 75 | Gabon | $5.01% | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Armenia | $4.58% | 2007 | ||
| 77 | Brazil | $4.15% | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Ecuador | $4.00% | 2007 | ||
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | $3.88% | 1992 | ||
| 80 | Dominican Republic | $3.86% | 2007 | ||
| 81 | Mexico | $3.33% | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Venezuela | $3.22% | 2006 | ||
| 83 | Morocco | $3.15% | 2007 | ||
| 84 | Tunisia | $3.01% | 2000 | ||
| 85 | Mongolia | $2.90% | 2008 | ||
| =86 | Moldova | $2.72% | 2007 | ||
| =86 | Argentina | $2.72% | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Turkey | $2.39% | 2006 | ||
| 89 | Thailand | $1.95% | 2004 | ||
| 90 | Malaysia | $1.37% | 2004 | ||
| 91 | Costa Rica | $1.31% | 2007 | ||
| 92 | Uruguay | $1.02% | 2007 | ||
| 93 | Jamaica | $0.92% | 2004 | ||
| 94 | Bulgaria | $0.85% | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Jordan | $0.62% | 2006 | ||
| =96 | Serbia and Montenegro | $0.50% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Ukraine | $0.50% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Russia | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Latvia | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Belarus | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Seychelles | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Kazakhstan | $0.50% | 2007 | ||
| =96 | Chile | $0.50% | 2006 | ||
| =96 | Azerbaijan | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =96 | Poland | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =96 | Croatia | $0.50% | 2005 | ||
| =96 | Slovenia | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =96 | Lithuania | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =96 | Hungary | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =96 | Estonia | $0.50% | 2004 | ||
| =96 | Czech Republic | $0.50% | 1996 | ||
| =96 | Slovakia | $0.50% | 1996 | ||
| 114 | Romania | $0.08% | 2007 |
