High income - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in High income was 0.400 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 0.400 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.300 in 1989.

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
1981 0.400
1982 0.400
1983 0.400
1984 0.400
1985 0.400
1986 0.400
1987 0.400
1988 0.400
1989 0.300
1990 0.300
1991 0.300
1992 0.300
1993 0.300
1994 0.300
1995 0.400
1996 0.300
1997 0.300
1998 0.400
1999 0.300
2000 0.300
2001 0.400
2002 0.300
2003 0.400
2004 0.400
2005 0.400
2006 0.400
2007 0.300
2008 0.400
2009 0.300
2010 0.400
2011 0.400
2012 0.400
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in High income was 0.500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 1987 and a minimum value of 0.400 in 2007.

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
1981 0.700
1982 0.700
1983 0.700
1984 0.700
1985 0.700
1986 0.600
1987 0.700
1988 0.600
1989 0.500
1990 0.500
1991 0.500
1992 0.500
1993 0.600
1994 0.600
1995 0.600
1996 0.600
1997 0.500
1998 0.500
1999 0.500
2000 0.500
2001 0.500
2002 0.500
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.500
2006 0.500
2007 0.400
2008 0.500
2009 0.400
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.500
2013 0.500
2014 0.600
2015 0.600
2016 0.600
2017 0.600
2018 0.500
2019 0.500

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in High income was 0.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.60 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.70 in 2007.

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
1981 1.50
1982 1.60
1983 1.50
1984 1.50
1985 1.40
1986 1.40
1987 1.30
1988 1.20
1989 1.00
1990 1.00
1991 1.00
1992 1.10
1993 1.30
1994 1.50
1995 1.20
1996 1.60
1997 1.10
1998 1.00
1999 0.90
2000 0.90
2001 0.90
2002 0.90
2003 0.90
2004 0.90
2005 0.90
2006 0.80
2007 0.70
2008 0.70
2009 0.70
2010 0.70
2011 0.80
2012 0.80
2013 0.80
2014 0.80
2015 0.80
2016 0.80
2017 0.80
2018 0.70
2019 0.70

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates