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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 LeoneSierra Leone 39.5% 1989
2 Central African RepublicCentral Africa 38.1% 1993
3 NigeriaNigeria 34.51% 2003
4 NigerNiger 34% 1995
5 ZambiaZambia 32.64% 2004
6 The GambiaThe Gambia 28.8% 1998
7 MadagascarMadagascar 27.9% 2001
8 HaitiHaiti 26.59% 2001
9 RwandaRwanda 25.57% 2000
10 ZimbabweZimbabwe 24.17% 1996
11 BurundiBurundi 22.7% 1998
12 TanzaniaTanzania 20.71% 2000
13 LesothoLesotho 19% 1995
14 GhanaGhana 17.3% 1998
15 NicaraguaNicaragua 16.74% 2001
16 NamibiaNamibia 13.97% 1993
17 BoliviaBolivia 13.55% 2002
18 MaliMali 12.23% 2001
19 MozambiqueMozambique 11.61% 2002
20 BangladeshBangladesh 10.3% 2000
21 BotswanaBotswana 9.94% 1993
22 CambodiaCambodia 9.68% 1997
23 El SalvadorEl Salvador 9.35% 2002
24 VenezuelaVenezuela 8.86% 2003
25 BeninBenin 8.23% 2003
26 IndiaIndia 7.88% 2004
27 MauritaniaMauritania 7.56% 2000
28 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 7.26% 2003
29 EcuadorEcuador 7.13% 1998
30 LaosLaos 6.07% 2002
31 KenyaKenya 5.92% 1997
32 ParaguayParaguay 5.61% 2003
33 GuatemalaGuatemala 5.48% 2002
34 NepalNepal 5.43% 2004
35 TurkmenistanTurkmenistan 5.3% 1993
36 EthiopiaEthiopia 4.8% 2000
37 MalawiMalawi 4.71% 2004
38 YemenYemen 4.5% 1998
39 HondurasHonduras 4.39% 2003
40 Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire 4.14% 2002
41 CameroonCameroon 4.09% 2001
42 SenegalSenegal 3.62% 2001
43 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 3.5% 1992
44 BrazilBrazil 3.37% 2004
45 ColombiaColombia 3.07% 2003
46 PakistanPakistan 3.06% 2002
47 PhilippinesPhilippines 2.9% 2003
48 PeruPeru 2.87% 2003
49 SwazilandSwaziland 2.46% 1995
50 MongoliaMongolia 2.23% 2002
51 GeorgiaGeorgia 2.14% 2003
52 ChinaChina 2.1% 2004
=53 ArgentinaArgentina 2.05% 2004
=53 PanamaPanama 2.05% 2003
55 South AfricaSouth Africa 1.74% 2000
56 Costa RicaCosta Rica 1.59% 2003
57 MexicoMexico 1.42% 2004
58 TajikistanTajikistan 1.33% 2003
59 IndonesiaIndonesia 0.91% 2002
60 Sri LankaSri Lanka 0.84% 2002
61 TurkeyTurkey 0.79% 2003
62 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 0.63% 2001
63 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 0.52% 2004
64 RomaniaRomania 0.51% 2003
=65 JamaicaJamaica 0.5% 2004
=65 AlbaniaAlbania 0.5% 2004
=65 MoldovaMoldova 0.5% 2003
=65 LatviaLatvia 0.5% 2003
=65 UzbekistanUzbekistan 0.5% 2003
=65 ChileChile 0.5% 2003
=65 JordanJordan 0.5% 2003
=65 UruguayUruguay 0.5% 2003
=65 BulgariaBulgaria 0.5% 2003
=65 LithuaniaLithuania 0.5% 2003
=65 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 0.5% 2003
=65 KazakhstanKazakhstan 0.5% 2003
=65 ArmeniaArmenia 0.5% 2003
=65 UkraineUkraine 0.5% 2003
=65 EstoniaEstonia 0.5% 2003
=65 BelarusBelarus 0.5% 2002
=65 HungaryHungary 0.5% 2002
=65 PolandPoland 0.5% 2002
=65 RussiaRussia 0.5% 2002
=65 ThailandThailand 0.5% 2002
=65 CroatiaCroatia 0.5% 2001
=65 TunisiaTunisia 0.5% 2000
=65 EgyptEgypt 0.5% 2000
=65 GuyanaGuyana 0.5% 1999
=65 MoroccoMorocco 0.5% 1999
=65 IranIran 0.5% 1998
=65 SloveniaSlovenia 0.5% 1998
=65 South KoreaSouth Korea 0.5% 1998
=65 MalaysiaMalaysia 0.5% 1997
=65 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 0.5% 1996
=65 SlovakiaSlovakia 0.5% 1996
=65 AlgeriaAlgeria 0.5% 1995

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