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



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

Rank

Country

Value

1Zambia (2004)44
2Colombia (1999)44
3Bolivia (2002)43.4
4Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)34.9
5Honduras (2004)34.5
6Sierra Leone (2004)34
7Panama (1997)32.1
8Madagascar (2005)28.9
9Brazil (2003)28.4
10Peru (2004)28.3
11El Salvador (2002)24.2
12Dominican Republic (2004)24
13Mozambique (2003)19.9
14Burkina Faso (2003)17.6
15Kenya (2006)14.1
16Benin (2003)14
17Ghana (2006)13.5
18Mongolia (2002)13.2
19Tajikistan (2003)12.4
20Mexico (2002)12.15
21Ethiopia (2000)12
22Kyrgyzstan (2005)12
23Costa Rica (2004)10.8
24Philippines (1997)10
25Bangladesh (2005)9.8
26Uganda (2006)9.7
27Vietnam (2002)8.7
28Malawi (2005)8.6
29Nepal (2004)8.5
30Cambodia (2007)8.31
31Pakistan (1999)7.9
32Burma (2005)7
33Morocco (1999)6.7
34Macedonia (2003)6.5
35Sri Lanka (2002)5.6
36India (2000)5.6
37Albania (2005)5.3
38Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)4.9
39Jordan (2002)4.7
40Kazakhstan (2002)4.5
41Hungary (1997)4.1
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