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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.
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COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
HISTORY
1 NigeriaNigeria 59.53% 2003
2 Central African RepublicCentral Africa 58.44% 1993
3 ZambiaZambia 55.22% 2004
4 NigerNiger 54.6% 1995
5 Sierra LeoneSierra Leone 51.8% 1989
6 MadagascarMadagascar 51.75% 2001
7 RwandaRwanda 51.55% 2000
8 The GambiaThe Gambia 51.1% 1998
9 TanzaniaTanzania 49.33% 2000
10 BurundiBurundi 48.9% 1998
11 ZimbabweZimbabwe 48.21% 1996
12 HaitiHaiti 47.35% 2001
13 NicaraguaNicaragua 41.17% 2001
14 GhanaGhana 40.8% 1998
15 BangladeshBangladesh 38.3% 2000
16 IndiaIndia 35.02% 2004
17 MozambiqueMozambique 34.9% 2002
18 CambodiaCambodia 34.48% 1997
19 MaliMali 34.21% 2001
20 LesothoLesotho 33.1% 1995
21 BeninBenin 31.7% 2003
22 NamibiaNamibia 30.37% 1993
23 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 30.35% 2003
24 LaosLaos 30.2% 2002
25 EthiopiaEthiopia 29.6% 2000
26 MauritaniaMauritania 26.8% 2000
27 NepalNepal 26.79% 2004
28 BotswanaBotswana 26.49% 1993
29 PakistanPakistan 26.09% 2002
30 MalawiMalawi 24.29% 2004
31 KenyaKenya 23.92% 1997
32 BoliviaBolivia 23.24% 2002
33 TurkmenistanTurkmenistan 23.07% 1993
34 SenegalSenegal 20.85% 2001
35 CameroonCameroon 19.35% 2001
36 VenezuelaVenezuela 19.19% 2003
37 Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire 18.4% 2002
38 El SalvadorEl Salvador 17.73% 2002
39 EcuadorEcuador 17.69% 1998
40 PhilippinesPhilippines 16.32% 2003
41 IndonesiaIndonesia 15.71% 2002
=42 HondurasHonduras 15.08% 2003
=42 MongoliaMongolia 15.08% 2002
44 YemenYemen 14.98% 1998
45 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 14.6% 1992
46 GuatemalaGuatemala 13.76% 2002
47 ParaguayParaguay 13.75% 2003
48 TajikistanTajikistan 13.01% 2003
49 South AfricaSouth Africa 12.59% 2000
50 ChinaChina 12.51% 2004
51 Sri LankaSri Lanka 11.92% 2002
52 PeruPeru 11.85% 2003
53 EgyptEgypt 11.33% 2000
54 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 9.11% 2001
55 SwazilandSwaziland 8.91% 1995
56 GeorgiaGeorgia 8.57% 2003
57 BrazilBrazil 8.52% 2004
58 ColombiaColombia 7.7% 2003
59 PanamaPanama 7.46% 2003
60 ArmeniaArmenia 7.08% 2003
61 ArgentinaArgentina 7.05% 2004
62 ThailandThailand 6.21% 2002
63 TurkeyTurkey 5.73% 2003
64 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 4.89% 2004
65 MoldovaMoldova 4.71% 2003
66 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 4.39% 2003
67 MexicoMexico 4.15% 2004
68 Costa RicaCosta Rica 4% 2003
69 AlgeriaAlgeria 3.8% 1995
70 KazakhstanKazakhstan 3.76% 2003
71 JamaicaJamaica 3.33% 2004
72 MoroccoMorocco 3.1% 1999
73 RussiaRussia 3.09% 2002
74 RomaniaRomania 2.98% 2003
75 MalaysiaMalaysia 2% 1997
76 EstoniaEstonia 1.89% 2003
77 LithuaniaLithuania 1.75% 2003
78 GuyanaGuyana 1.7% 1999
79 AlbaniaAlbania 1.62% 2004
80 UruguayUruguay 1.55% 2003
81 BulgariaBulgaria 1.53% 2003
82 IranIran 1.5% 1998
83 JordanJordan 1.46% 2003
84 ChileChile 1.35% 2003
85 TunisiaTunisia 1.33% 2000
86 LatviaLatvia 1.24% 2003
87 UkraineUkraine 0.94% 2003
88 SlovakiaSlovakia 0.84% 1996
89 UzbekistanUzbekistan 0.57% 2003
=90 PolandPoland 0.5% 2002
=90 HungaryHungary 0.5% 2002
=90 BelarusBelarus 0.5% 2002
=90 CroatiaCroatia 0.5% 2001
=90 South KoreaSouth Korea 0.5% 1998
=90 SloveniaSlovenia 0.5% 1998
=90 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 0.5% 1996

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