Poverty gap at $8.30 a day

Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $8.30 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 Rica20252.80percent
Ecuador202510.10percent
Indonesia202523.10percent
Uzbekistan20254.40percent
Argentina20244.40percent
Armenia202412.60percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of20245.80percent
Brazil20247.50percent
Chile20241.30percent
Colombia202415.70percent

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