Niger - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Niger was 11.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 43.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 11.30 in 2018.

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
1992 34.40
1994 43.40
2005 35.80
2007 29.10
2011 14.20
2014 13.70
2018 11.30

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Niger was 31.50 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62.00 in 1994 and a minimum value of 31.50 in 2018.

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
1992 56.50
1994 62.00
2005 55.70
2007 51.30
2011 37.00
2014 33.90
2018 31.50

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Niger was 54.20 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.60 in 1994 and a minimum value of 54.20 in 2018.

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
1992 73.30
1994 76.60
2005 72.00
2007 69.40
2011 59.70
2014 56.20
2018 54.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates