Chile - Poverty gap

Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%) in Chile was 1.16 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.54 in 1987 and a minimum value of 1.07 in 2006.

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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1987 6.54
1990 4.66
1992 2.76
1994 3.03
1996 2.06
1998 2.10
2000 1.96
2003 1.76
2006 1.07
2009 1.16

Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)

Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%) in Chile was 0.69 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 2.74 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.50 in 2006.

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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1987 2.74
1990 1.94
1992 1.05
1994 1.38
1996 0.88
1998 0.97
2000 0.90
2003 0.84
2006 0.50
2009 0.69

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates