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 |
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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 |