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Japan: Poverty gap at $4.20 a day

0.80percent · 2020+100.0% since 2010

Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $4.20 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. Reported as: 2021 PPP. Annual figures for Japan from 2008 to 2020.

20082020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20200.8
20190.9
20180.8
20170.5
20160.5
20150.2
20140.5
20130.7
20121
20110.4
20100.4
20090.7
20080.8

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Poverty gap at $4.20 a day. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-poverty-gap-at-4-20-a-day (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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