Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) (Africa) - 2022
* Data Description : 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.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%)" in the Africa (2022) : Zambia(33,1), Chad(8,5).