Zambia - Poverty gap

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

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Zambia was 30.70 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 35.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.90 in 1996.

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
1991 35.50
1993 28.80
1996 16.90
1998 17.80
2002 18.80
2004 28.50
2006 31.40
2010 33.00
2015 30.70

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

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Zambia was 45.70 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.80 in 2010 and a minimum value of 32.80 in 1996.

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
1991 46.80
1993 44.30
1996 32.80
1998 33.60
2002 38.50
2004 44.70
2006 47.70
2010 49.80
2015 45.70

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

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Zambia was 61.10 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.30 in 2010 and a minimum value of 51.40 in 1996.

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
1991 60.10
1993 60.60
1996 51.40
1998 52.10
2002 58.90
2004 61.20
2006 63.70
2010 65.30
2015 61.10

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates