Madagascar - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Madagascar was 40.30 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 40.30 in 2012, while its lowest value was 17.80 in 1980.

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
1980 17.80
1993 30.80
1997 28.50
1999 27.50
2001 34.10
2005 30.40
2010 37.90
2012 40.30

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Madagascar was 59.10 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.10 in 2012 and a minimum value of 34.90 in 1980.

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
1980 34.90
1993 51.30
1997 49.00
1999 47.60
2001 52.00
2005 51.50
2010 57.50
2012 59.10

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Madagascar was 74.20 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74.20 in 2012 and a minimum value of 54.40 in 1980.

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
1980 54.40
1993 69.00
1997 67.50
1999 66.40
2001 68.00
2005 69.30
2010 73.20
2012 74.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates