Poverty gap at $3.00 a day

Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.00 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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
170
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Bank

    World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.

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  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

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Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Costa Rica20250.20percent
Ecuador20251percent
Indonesia20250.60percent
Uzbekistan20250.80percent
Argentina20240.30percent
Armenia20240.10percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of20240.60percent
Brazil20241percent
Chile20240.30percent
Colombia20243.30percent

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