World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

Poverty Gap

Country (%)
South Sudan 40.8 in 2016 WB
Madagascar 40.3 in 2012 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.3 in 2012 WB
Central African Republic 32.8 in 2008 WB
Guinea Bissau 32 in 2010 WB
Burundi 31.1 in 2013 WB
Zambia 30.7 in 2015 WB
Malawi 28.7 in 2016 WB
Mozambique 28.6 in 2014 WB
Angola 22.7 in 2018 WB
Benin 22.4 in 2015 WB
Uzbekistan 21.8 in 2003 WB
Rwanda 20.9 in 2016 WB
Togo 20.7 in 2015 WB
Turkmenistan 17.9 in 1998 WB
Congo 16.2 in 2011 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 15.9 in 2017 WB
Mali 15.8 in 2009 WB
Chad 15.2 in 2011 WB
Suriname 15.2 in 1999 WB
Papua New Guinea 14.8 in 2009 WB
Liberia 14.5 in 2016 WB
Niger 13.7 in 2014 WB
Zimbabwe 13.4 in 2019 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 13.1 in 2017 WB
Senegal 13.1 in 2011 WB
Uganda 13.1 in 2016 WB
Nigeria 12.5 in 2018 WB
Kenya 11.7 in 2015 WB
Sierra Leone 11.7 in 2018 WB
Burkina Faso 11.2 in 2014 WB
Guinea 10.6 in 2012 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 9.8 in 2015 WB
Eswatini 9.8 in 2016 WB
Lesotho 9.4 in 2017 WB
Ethiopia 8.9 in 2015 WB
Cameroon 8.4 in 2014 WB
Haiti 8 in 2012 WB
Comoros 6.8 in 2014 WB
Solomon Islands 6.6 in 2012 WB
South Africa 6.1 in 2014 WB
Belize 6 in 1999 WB
Guyana 5.8 in 1998 WB
Djibouti 5.6 in 2017 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.5 in 2013 WB
Honduras 5 in 2019 WB
Namibia 4.8 in 2015 WB
India 4.6 in 2011 WB
Ghana 4.4 in 2016 WB
Timor-Leste 4.4 in 2014 WB
Yemen 4.2 in 2014 WB
Botswana 3.9 in 2015 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.8 in 2006 WB
Kiribati 3.3 in 2006 WB
Serbia 3.3 in 2017 WB
Vanuatu 3.3 in 2010 WB
Nepal 3 in 2010 WB
Sudan 2.8 in 2014 WB
Bangladesh 2.6 in 2016 WB
Guatemala 2.6 in 2014 WB
Saint Lucia 2.6 in 2016 WB
Gambia 2.3 in 2015 WB
Colombia 1.9 in 2019 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1.8 in 2018 WB
Brazil 1.7 in 2019 WB
Montenegro 1.5 in 2016 WB
Mauritania 1.4 in 2014 WB
North Macedonia 1.2 in 2018 WB
Ecuador 1.1 in 2019 WB
Italy 1.1 in 2017 WB
Bolivia 1 in 2019 WB
Tajikistan 0.9 in 2015 WB
United States of America 0.9 in 2018 WB
Gabon 0.8 in 2017 WB
Georgia 0.8 in 2019 WB
Nicaragua 0.8 in 2014 WB
Romania 0.8 in 2018 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 0.8 in 1992 WB
Cabo Verde 0.7 in 2015 WB
Egypt 0.6 in 2017 WB
Pakistan 0.6 in 2018 WB
Spain 0.6 in 2018 WB
Sweden 0.6 in 2018 WB
Argentina 0.5 in 2019 WB
Austria 0.5 in 2018 WB
Lithuania 0.5 in 2018 WB
Mexico 0.5 in 2018 WB
Peru 0.5 in 2019 WB
Philippines 0.5 in 2018 WB
Australia 0.4 in 2014 WB
Costa Rica 0.4 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 0.4 in 2004 WB
Panama 0.4 in 2019 WB
Tuvalu 0.4 in 2010 WB
Indonesia 0.3 in 2019 WB
Iraq 0.3 in 2012 WB
Viet Nam 0.3 in 2018 WB
Albania 0.2 in 2017 WB
Algeria 0.2 in 2011 WB
Bhutan 0.2 in 2017 WB
Bulgaria 0.2 in 2018 WB
Chile 0.2 in 2017 WB
Croatia 0.2 in 2018 WB
Dominican Republic 0.2 in 2019 WB
El Salvador 0.2 in 2019 WB
Estonia 0.2 in 2018 WB
Ireland 0.2 in 2017 WB
Japan 0.2 in 2013 WB
Latvia 0.2 in 2018 WB
Morocco 0.2 in 2013 WB
Myanmar 0.2 in 2017 WB
Norway 0.2 in 2018 WB
Paraguay 0.2 in 2019 WB
Tonga 0.2 in 2015 WB
United Kingdom 0.2 in 2017 WB
Armenia 0.1 in 2019 WB
Belgium 0.1 in 2018 WB
Canada 0.1 in 2017 WB
China 0.1 in 2016 WB
Denmark 0.1 in 2018 WB
Fiji 0.1 in 2013 WB
Greece 0.1 in 2018 WB
Hungary 0.1 in 2018 WB
Iran 0.1 in 2018 WB
Kyrgyzstan 0.1 in 2019 WB
Luxembourg 0.1 in 2018 WB
Malta 0.1 in 2018 WB
Mongolia 0.1 in 2018 WB
Netherlands 0.1 in 2018 WB
Palestine 0.1 in 2016 WB
Poland 0.1 in 2018 WB
Portugal 0.1 in 2018 WB
Samoa 0.1 in 2013 WB
Seychelles 0.1 in 2018 WB
Slovakia 0.1 in 2018 WB
Sri Lanka 0.1 in 2016 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 0.1 in 2003 WB
Azerbaijan 0 in 2005 WB
Belarus 0 in 2019 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 in 2011 WB
Cyprus 0 in 2018 WB
Czech Republic 0 in 2018 WB
Finland 0 in 2018 WB
France 0 in 2018 WB
Germany 0 in 2016 WB
Iceland 0 in 2017 WB
Israel 0 in 2016 WB
Jordan 0 in 2010 WB
Kazakhstan 0 in 2018 WB
Lebanon 0 in 2011 WB
Malaysia 0 in 2015 WB
Maldives 0 in 2016 WB
Mauritius 0 in 2017 WB
Republic of Korea 0 in 2016 WB
Republic of Moldova 0 in 2018 WB
Russian Federation 0 in 2018 WB
Slovenia 0 in 2018 WB
Switzerland 0 in 2018 WB
Thailand 0 in 2019 WB
Tunisia 0 in 2015 WB
Turkey 0 in 2019 WB
Ukraine 0 in 2019 WB
Uruguay 0 in 2019 WB
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