Poverty gap at national poverty line (%) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators

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Poverty gap at national poverty line is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall) as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
Poverty gap at national poverty line (%) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Zambia (2004)36
2Colombia (1999)34
3Swaziland (2001)32.91
4Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)32.2
5Bolivia (2002)31.2
6Sierra Leone (2004)29
7Madagascar (2005)26.8
8Gambia (2003)25.9
9Guinea-Bissau (2000)25.7
10Venezuela (1999)24
11Guatemala (2000)22.6
12Honduras (2004)22.3
13Mozambique (2003)20.4
14Belarus (2002)20
15Brazil (2003)19.6
16Ecuador (1998)18
17Peru (2004)18
18Nicaragua (2001)17
19Dominican Republic (2004)16.8
20Kenya (2006)16.6
21El Salvador (2002)16.5
22Moldova (2002)16.5
23Azerbaijan (2001)15.5
24Burkina Faso (2003)15.3
25Armenia (2001)15.1
26Kosovo (2006)13.3
27Yemen (1998)13.2
28Tajikistan (2003)12.4
29Ethiopia (2000)12
30Timor-Leste (2001)11.9
31Mongolia (2002)11
32Kyrgyzstan (2005)10
33Ghana (2006)9.6
34Bangladesh (2005)9
35Uganda (2006)8.7
36Costa Rica (2004)8.6
37Malawi (2005)8
38Laos (2003)8
39Romania (2002)7.59
40Nepal (2004)7.5
41Pakistan (1999)7
42Burma (2005)7
43Vietnam (2002)6.9
44Cambodia (2004)6.7
45Macedonia (2003)6.7
46Mexico (2002)6.34
47South Africa (2008)6
48Chile (1998)5.7
49Slovakia (2004)5.5
50Sri Lanka (2002)5.1
51Russia (2002)5.1
52Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)4.6
53Morocco (1999)4.4
54Bulgaria (2001)4.2
55Albania (2005)4
56Jordan (2002)3.3
57Kazakhstan (2002)3.1
58Thailand (1998)3
59Egypt (2000)2.97
60Indonesia (2004)2.9
61Latvia (2004)1.2
62Turkey (2002)0.26
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