Pakistan - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Pakistan was 0.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 21.90 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.40 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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1987 21.90
1990 21.10
1996 3.00
1998 5.30
2001 5.60
2004 3.10
2005 2.80
2007 1.70
2010 1.00
2011 0.90
2013 0.80
2015 0.50
2018 0.40

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Pakistan was 7.30 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.10 in 1987 and a minimum value of 7.30 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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1986
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1987 45.10
1990 44.10
1996 19.60
1998 23.10
2001 25.40
2004 18.00
2005 17.90
2007 14.90
2010 11.30
2011 11.10
2013 9.20
2015 7.50
2018 7.30

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Pakistan was 29.20 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.60 in 1987 and a minimum value of 29.10 in 2015.

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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1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
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2018
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Year Value
1987 65.60
1990 64.90
1996 45.80
1998 47.90
2001 51.10
2004 43.10
2005 43.20
2007 40.20
2010 36.00
2011 35.40
2013 32.10
2015 29.10
2018 29.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates