Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 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. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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Albania | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||||
Algeria | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
Angola | 16.4 | 22.7 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
Armenia | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
Australia | 0.3 | 0.4 | |||||||||||
Austria | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||
Azerbaijan | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Bangladesh | 7.8 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | |||||||||
Belarus | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Belgium | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Benin | 19.1 | 22.4 | |||||||||||
Bhutan | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
Bolivia | 17.5 | 9.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Botswana | 3.9 | ||||||||||||
Brazil | 8.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
Bulgaria | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
Burkina Faso | 11.2 | ||||||||||||
Burundi | 31.1 | ||||||||||||
Cameroon | 8.4 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
केप वर्दे | 0.7 | ||||||||||||
Chad | 15.2 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||||
China | 24.1 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
Colombia | 11.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |
Comoros | 6.8 | ||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.3 | ||||||||||||
Congo | 22.9 | 16.2 | |||||||||||
Costa Rica | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 9.8 | ||||||||||||
Croatia | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||
Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Czech Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Denmark | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Djibouti | 7.8 | 7.4 | 5.6 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
Ecuador | 11.7 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
Egypt | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||||||||
El Salvador | 5.2 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Estonia | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
इस्वातिनी | 18.0 | 9.8 | |||||||||||
Ethiopia | 9.8 | 8.9 | |||||||||||
Fiji | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Gabon | 1.8 | 0.8 | |||||||||||
Gambia | 7.6 | 2.3 | |||||||||||
Georgia | 6.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | |
Germany | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Ghana | 7.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||||||||||
Greece | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||
Guatemala | 3.3 | 2.6 | |||||||||||
Guinea | 10.6 | ||||||||||||
Guinea Bissau | 32.0 | ||||||||||||
Haiti | 8.0 | ||||||||||||
Honduras | 21.2 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | |
Hungary | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||
Iceland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
India | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 16.1 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Iran | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
Iraq | 0.3 | ||||||||||||
Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
Israel | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Italy | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |||
Jamaica | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0.0 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
Jordan | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Kenya | 16.4 | 11.7 | |||||||||||
Republic of Korea | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 9.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 3.0 | 1.8 | |||||||||||
Latvia | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||
Lebanon | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | 9.4 | ||||||||||||
Liberia | 13.1 | 14.5 | |||||||||||
Lithuania | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |||
Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
North Macedonia | 6.1 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | ||||
Madagascar | 30.4 | 37.9 | 40.3 | ||||||||||
Malawi | 33.3 | 28.7 | |||||||||||
Malaysia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
Maldives | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Malta | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
Mauritania | 5.6 | 1.4 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.6 | 5.5 | |||||||||||
Republic of Moldova | 10.7 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Mongolia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||
Montenegro | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | ||||||||
Morocco | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
Mozambique | 28.6 | ||||||||||||
Myanmar | 1.1 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
Namibia | 4.8 | ||||||||||||
Nepal | 3.0 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Nicaragua | 2.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||
Niger | 35.8 | 14.2 | 13.7 | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 12.5 | ||||||||||||
Norway | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||
Pakistan | 21.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||
Panama | 6.5 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
Paraguay | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Peru | 6.1 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
Philippines | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |||||||||
Poland | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
Portugal | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
Romania | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||||
Russian Federation | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Rwanda | 38.9 | 32.0 | 25.6 | 21.4 | 20.9 | ||||||||
Samoa | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 8.5 | 9.3 | 13.1 | ||||||||||
Senegal | 12.7 | 13.1 | |||||||||||
Serbia | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | |||||||
Seychelles | 0.5 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 17.8 | 11.7 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||
Slovenia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Solomon Islands | 18.9 | 6.6 | |||||||||||
South Africa | 13.0 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 | |||||||||
South Sudan | 40.8 | ||||||||||||
Spain | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
Sri Lanka | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 2.6 | ||||||||||||
Sudan | 2.8 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||
Switzerland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Tajikistan | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 46.3 | 15.6 | 15.9 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Timor-Leste | 4.4 | ||||||||||||
Togo | 23.8 | 20.7 | |||||||||||
Tonga | 0.7 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
Tunisia | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Turkey | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Tuvalu | 0.4 | ||||||||||||
Uganda | 21.6 | 10.7 | 13.1 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
United Kingdom | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
United States of America | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | ||
Uruguay | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Uzbekistan | 22.8 | ||||||||||||
Vanuatu | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.4 | ||||||||||||
Viet Nam | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||
फिलिस्तीन | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
Yemen | 1.7 | 4.2 | |||||||||||
Zambia | 33.0 | 30.7 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 5.2 | 9.3 | 13.4 |