IDA total - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in IDA total was 9.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 24.40 in 1991, while its lowest value was 9.80 in 2019.

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
1989 23.70
1990 24.10
1991 24.40
1992 23.90
1993 23.70
1994 23.80
1995 22.90
1996 22.20
1997 21.90
1998 21.70
1999 21.40
2000 21.00
2001 20.30
2002 19.50
2003 18.60
2004 17.10
2005 16.10
2006 15.20
2007 14.40
2008 13.60
2009 13.30
2010 12.40
2011 11.90
2012 11.50
2013 11.10
2014 10.70
2015 10.70
2016 10.60
2017 10.30
2018 10.00
2019 9.80

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in IDA total was 22.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.70 in 1991 and a minimum value of 22.80 in 2019.

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
1989 42.00
1990 42.40
1991 42.70
1992 42.00
1993 41.80
1994 41.90
1995 40.60
1996 39.80
1997 39.50
1998 39.40
1999 39.30
2000 39.10
2001 38.50
2002 37.80
2003 36.80
2004 34.50
2005 33.00
2006 31.90
2007 30.70
2008 29.70
2009 29.10
2010 27.70
2011 27.00
2012 26.40
2013 25.70
2014 24.90
2015 24.90
2016 24.50
2017 23.70
2018 23.00
2019 22.80

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in IDA total was 42.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.30 in 1991 and a minimum value of 42.70 in 2019.

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
1989 60.70
1990 61.10
1991 61.30
1992 60.80
1993 60.70
1994 60.80
1995 59.70
1996 58.90
1997 58.60
1998 58.40
1999 58.60
2000 58.50
2001 58.20
2002 57.80
2003 56.90
2004 54.90
2005 53.60
2006 52.60
2007 51.50
2008 50.50
2009 49.80
2010 48.50
2011 47.70
2012 47.20
2013 46.50
2014 45.60
2015 45.40
2016 44.80
2017 43.80
2018 42.90
2019 42.70

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates