Poverty gap worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day 1990-2019

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Nov 27, 2023
Since 1990, the poverty gap worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day in 2017 Purchasing Power Parities fell from 28 percent to eight percent in 2019. Whereas the poverty rate only measures the share of the population living below the poverty line, the poverty gap measures the severity of the poverty.

Poverty gap worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day from 1990 to 2019 (in 2017 PPP)

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Release date

September 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1990 to 2019

Number of respondents

169 countries

Supplementary notes

The World Bank's poverty data is based on more than 2,000 household surveys in 169 countries. For more information on methodology, please visit the source page.

The source adds the following information: "The poverty gap at 3.65 USD a day shows the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line at 3.65 USD a day. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence."

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