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Poorest quintile's share in national income or consumption, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
20055.7 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199060.2123
199263.8123
199353.7123
199458.9123
199554.1123
199636.4123
199747.3123
199847.5123
199935.6123
200228.4123
200515.9123

Poverty gap ratio at $1 a day (PPP), percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199020.7123
199228.6123
199317.7123
199425.6123
199522.4123
199610.7123
199718.3123
199818.4123
199911.1123
20028.7123
20054123

Footnotes:

  1. Source: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet
  2. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) conversion factor based on urban prices.
  3. Based on nominal per capita consumption averages and distributions estimated from household survey data.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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