Albania - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Albania was 0.000 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 0.300 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2015.

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
1996 0.100
2002 0.300
2005 0.100
2008 0.100
2012 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.100
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Albania was 0.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.90 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.20 in 2019.

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
1996 2.10
2002 2.90
2005 1.80
2008 0.80
2012 1.30
2014 2.50
2015 0.90
2016 0.90
2017 0.90
2018 0.60
2019 0.20

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Albania was 2.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.10 in 2002 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2019.

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
1996 12.80
2002 15.10
2005 10.60
2008 7.40
2012 8.60
2014 11.70
2015 6.20
2016 6.30
2017 6.00
2018 4.20
2019 2.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates