Uganda - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Uganda was 13.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 28.80 in 1999, while its lowest value was 10.70 in 2012.

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
1989 25.90
1992 26.30
1996 24.90
1999 28.80
2002 26.90
2005 21.60
2009 15.00
2012 10.70
2016 13.10
2019 13.00

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Uganda was 31.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.30 in 1999 and a minimum value of 28.10 in 2012.

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
1989 44.40
1992 47.40
1996 46.10
1999 49.30
2002 47.40
2005 41.50
2009 34.00
2012 28.10
2016 31.10
2019 31.00

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Uganda was 52.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.30 in 1999 and a minimum value of 49.60 in 2012.

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
1989 62.90
1992 66.40
1996 65.40
1999 67.30
2002 65.60
2005 61.00
2009 54.80
2012 49.60
2016 51.80
2019 52.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates