Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (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.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 27.4 | 22.4 | 18.7 | 15.3 | ||||||||
| Botswana | 12.9 | |||||||||||
| Cameroon | 20.1 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| इस्वातिनी | 35.9 | 22.9 | ||||||||||
| Gambia | 21.0 | 11.0 | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 19.2 | 10.4 | 11.2 | |||||||||
| India | 20.6 | |||||||||||
| Jamaica | 5.2 | |||||||||||
| Kenya | 33.5 | 28.6 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | 21.6 | |||||||||||
| Malawi | 53.0 | 50.1 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Malta | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Mauritius | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 47.3 | |||||||||||
| Namibia | 11.9 | |||||||||||
| Nigeria | 30.5 | |||||||||||
| Pakistan | 44.1 | 18.8 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | |||||
| Rwanda | 57.9 | 51.1 | 46.0 | 42.0 | 41.0 | |||||||
| Samoa | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Seychelles | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 39.4 | 32.2 | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 36.6 | 21.0 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 25.9 | 20.4 | 13.6 | 15.1 | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 11.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | |||||||||
| Saint Lucia | 4.6 | |||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 65.0 | 36.5 | 36.0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 2.4 | 1.5 | ||||||||||
| Tuvalu | 4.3 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 41.5 | 28.1 | 31.1 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Vanuatu | 12.7 | |||||||||||
| Zambia | 49.8 | 45.7 |