Fragile and conflict affected situations - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 12.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 29.50 in 1994, while its lowest value was 12.50 in 2014.

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
1993 29.10
1994 29.50
1995 29.20
1996 28.30
1997 27.90
1998 27.10
1999 26.40
2001 24.20
2002 23.00
2003 22.00
2004 20.10
2005 19.00
2006 18.00
2007 17.10
2008 16.10
2009 15.80
2010 14.50
2011 14.00
2012 13.60
2013 13.10
2014 12.50
2015 13.00
2016 13.10
2017 13.00
2018 12.70

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 27.10 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.00 in 1994 and a minimum value of 26.70 in 2014.

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
1993 44.50
1994 45.00
1995 44.90
1996 43.90
1997 43.30
1998 42.50
1999 42.10
2001 39.80
2002 38.80
2003 38.30
2004 35.70
2005 34.30
2006 33.10
2007 32.10
2008 31.10
2009 30.50
2010 29.10
2011 28.50
2012 28.10
2013 27.50
2014 26.70
2015 27.80
2016 27.80
2017 27.50
2018 27.10

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 46.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.70 in 1995 and a minimum value of 45.50 in 2014.

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
1993 60.30
1994 60.70
1995 60.70
1996 59.90
1997 59.20
1998 58.20
1999 58.00
2001 56.30
2002 55.70
2003 56.10
2004 53.50
2005 52.20
2006 51.00
2007 50.10
2008 49.30
2009 48.70
2010 47.40
2011 46.90
2012 46.80
2013 46.20
2014 45.50
2015 47.00
2016 46.80
2017 46.50
2018 46.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates