Tajikistan - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Tajikistan was 0.90 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 15.60 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.70 in 2009.

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
1999 15.60
2003 7.10
2004 3.00
2007 3.50
2009 0.70
2015 0.90

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Tajikistan was 4.50 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.10 in 1999 and a minimum value of 4.50 in 2015.

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
1999 38.10
2003 23.20
2004 13.70
2007 9.60
2009 5.20
2015 4.50

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Tajikistan was 17.10 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.20 in 1999 and a minimum value of 17.10 in 2015.

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
1999 61.20
2003 46.50
2004 35.00
2007 27.70
2009 20.40
2015 17.10

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates