Mauritania - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Mauritania was 1.40 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 17.30 in 1987, while its lowest value was 1.40 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
1987 17.30
1993 13.70
1995 6.10
2000 5.60
2004 4.30
2008 2.80
2014 1.40

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Mauritania was 6.70 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.20 in 1987 and a minimum value of 6.70 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
1987 32.20
1993 31.30
1995 18.10
2000 17.20
2004 15.70
2008 10.80
2014 6.70

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Mauritania was 21.60 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.90 in 1993 and a minimum value of 21.60 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
1987 51.40
1993 51.90
1995 38.20
2000 36.40
2004 36.30
2008 27.50
2014 21.60

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates