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Economy > Poverty > Poverty gap at urban poverty line: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Poverty gap at urban poverty line is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall) as a percentage of.

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#
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
HISTORY
1 Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. 26.2% 2005
2 ColombiaColombia 26% 1999
3 VenezuelaVenezuela 24% 1989
4 BoliviaBolivia 23.8% 2002
5 ZambiaZambia 22% 2004
6 MadagascarMadagascar 19.3% 2005
7 MozambiqueMozambique 18.9% 2003
8 BrazilBrazil 17.8% 2003
=9 GibraltarGibraltar 17.5% 2000
=9 Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau 17.5% 2000
11 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 12.9% 2004
12 TajikistanTajikistan 12.5% 2003
13 PeruPeru 12.4% 2004
14 El SalvadorEl Salvador 11.1% 2002
15 EthiopiaEthiopia 10% 2000
16 MongoliaMongolia 9.2% 2002
17 HondurasHonduras 9.1% 2004
18 EcuadorEcuador 9% 1998
19 NicaraguaNicaragua 8.7% 2001
20 UruguayUruguay 8.6% 1998
21 BeninBenin 8% 2003
22 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 7.4% 1992
=23 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 7% 2005
=23 Costa RicaCosta Rica 7% 2004
25 IndiaIndia 6.9% 2000
26 BangladeshBangladesh 6.5% 2005
27 ParaguayParaguay 5.6% 1990
28 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 5.1% 2003
29 PakistanPakistan 5% 1999
30 Papua New GuineaPapua NG 4.3% 1996
31 BurmaBurma 4% 2005
32 PanamaPanama 3.9% 1997
33 UgandaUganda 3.5% 2006
=34 GhanaGhana 3.1% 2006
=34 SenegalSenegal 3.1% 1992
36 JordanJordan 2.9% 2002
=37 MalawiMalawi 2.8% 2005
=37 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 2.8% 2002
39 MexicoMexico 2.79% 2002
40 PhilippinesPhilippines 2.6% 1997
=41 KenyaKenya 2.5% 2006
=41 MoroccoMorocco 2.5% 1999
43 AlbaniaAlbania 2.3% 2005
44 NepalNepal 2.2% 2004
45 KazakhstanKazakhstan 2% 2002
=46 EstoniaEstonia 1.8% 1995
=46 AlgeriaAlgeria 1.8% 1995
48 Sri LankaSri Lanka 1.7% 2002
49 VietnamVietnam 1.3% 2002
50 CambodiaCambodia 1.2% 2004
51 TunisiaTunisia 0.86% 1990

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