Morocco - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Morocco was 0.20 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 2.20 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.20 in 2013.

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
1984 2.20
1990 0.40
1998 1.40
2000 1.20
2006 0.60
2013 0.20

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Morocco was 1.50 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.80 in 1984 and a minimum value of 1.50 in 2013.

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
1984 9.80
1990 4.50
1998 7.30
2000 7.10
2006 3.90
2013 1.50

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Morocco was 8.40 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.90 in 1984 and a minimum value of 8.40 in 2013.

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
1984 26.90
1990 17.50
1998 22.60
2000 22.60
2006 15.70
2013 8.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates