Luxembourg - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Luxembourg was 0.100 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 0.200 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1985.

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 0.000
1991 0.000
1994 0.000
1997 0.000
2000 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.200
2016 0.100
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Luxembourg was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 1985.

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 0.000
1991 0.000
1994 0.000
1997 0.000
2000 0.000
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.100
2012 0.000
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.300
2016 0.100
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.100

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Luxembourg was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 1991.

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 0.100
1991 0.000
1994 0.000
1997 0.000
2000 0.000
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.100
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.100
2010 0.000
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.100
2014 0.200
2015 0.300
2016 0.100
2017 0.300
2018 0.300
2019 0.100

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates