Nigeria - Poverty gap

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Nigeria was 12.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 32.40 in 1996, while its lowest value was 12.50 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1985 22.80
1992 28.60
1996 32.40
2003 23.20
2010 14.20
2012 13.70
2015 13.00
2018 12.50

Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Nigeria was 30.50 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.80 in 1996 and a minimum value of 30.50 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1985 41.80
1992 45.30
1996 49.80
2003 42.40
2010 32.80
2012 32.10
2015 31.00
2018 30.50

Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Nigeria was 52.80 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.20 in 1996 and a minimum value of 52.60 in 2015.

Definition: Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $5.50 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1985 61.50
1992 62.90
1996 66.20
2003 62.10
2010 54.40
2012 53.80
2015 52.60
2018 52.80

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates