Latest available · compiled 2005

Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation

Name: Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation covers 81 countries. Niger is highest, at 45.25; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.25. Against the 2004 compilation, 56 values changed (26 up, 30 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.

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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2005

HighestNiger

45.25

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

81countries
1measure
2005compiled · readings from many years
76distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2005 reading	45.25	consumption	2005
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.98	consumption	2005.75
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33.16	consumption	2005.33
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27.73	consumption	2005.5
5	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.38	consumption	2005.67
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	22.67	consumption	2005
7	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.37	consumption	2005.8
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa · 2005 reading	19.18	consumption	2005
9	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.62	consumption	2005.38
10	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2005 reading	15.75	income	2005
11	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2005 reading	15.43	consumption	2005
12	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	10.34	consumption	2005
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	10.22	consumption	2005
14	Peru`PER`South America · 2005 reading	9.89	income	2005
15	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2005 reading	9.83	income	2005
16	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2005 reading	9.62	income	2005
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.45	consumption	2005.5
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	9.29	consumption	2005
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2005 reading	7.12	consumption	2005
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2005 reading	6.93	consumption	2005
21	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2005 reading	6.42	income	2005
22	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2005 reading	6.15	income	2005
23	Colombia`COL`South America · 2005 reading	6.00	income	2005
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2005 reading	5.88	income	2005
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5.18	consumption	2005.25
26	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2005 reading	5.11	income	2005
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2005 reading	4.61	income	2005
28	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	4.27	consumption	2005
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2005 reading	4.21	income	2005
30	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia · 2005 reading	3.95	consumption	2005
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	3.84	consumption	2005
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2005 reading	3.51	income	2005
33	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	3.19	consumption	2005
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2005 reading	2.94	income	2005
35	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	2.25	consumption	2005
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2005 reading	1.81	income	2005
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	1.59	consumption	2005
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	1.49	income	2005
39	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2005 reading	1.48	income	2005
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.31	consumption	2005.34
41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2005 reading	1.25	consumption	2005
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	1.10	income	2005
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.01	consumption	2005.23
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.81	income	2005
45	United States`USA`Northern America · 2005 reading	0.80	income	2005
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.76	consumption	2005
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.69	consumption	2005
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.58	income	2005
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.54	income	2005
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.51	income	2005
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.50	consumption	2005
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.49	income	2005
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.47	income	2005
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.44	income	2005
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.42	consumption	2005
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.41	consumption	2005
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.34	income	2005
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.32	consumption	2005
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.24	income	2005
=60	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.22	consumption	2005
=60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.22	income	2005
62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.21	consumption	2005
63	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2005 reading	0.19	income	2005
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.16	income	2005
65	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.15	income	2005
66	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.14	income	2005
67	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.13	income	2005
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.12	consumption	2005
69	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.11	income	2005
70	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.08	income	2005
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.07	income	2005
72	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.06	income	2005
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.04	income	2005
74	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.03	income	2005
=75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.02	income	2005
=75	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.02	income	2005
=75	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.02	income	2005
78	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.01	income	2005
=79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.00	consumption	2005
=79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.00	income	2005
=79	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	0.00	income	2005

02In Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger45.25
2Rwanda36.98
3Uganda33.16
4Solomon Islands27.73
5Ghana26.38

Lowest

79Taiwanshared0.00
79Czechiashared0.00
79Azerbaijanshared0.00
78Cyprus0.01
75Luxembourgshared0.02

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since the 2004 compilation

What changed between the 2004 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+22 / −16countries joined / left
56values changed, of 59 in both
26 · 30rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia5.75 → 9.62+3.87
Kazakhstan1.43 → 3.84+2.41
Moldova2.56 → 4.27+1.71
Peru8.75 → 9.89+1.14
Kyrgyzstan8.28 → 9.29+1.01

Fell most

Ecuador7.83 → 5.88−1.95
Indonesia12.04 → 10.22−1.82
Dominican Republic4.62 → 2.94−1.68
Armenia2.37 → 1.25−1.12
Costa Rica2.61 → 1.81−0.80

+ Albania

+ Bangladesh

+ China

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Micronesia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Iran

+ Kenya

+ Madagascar

+ Montenegro

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Rwanda

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Tunisia

+ Taiwan

+ Uganda

+ Kosovo

+ Yemen

+ South Africa

− Australia

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Switzerland

− DR Congo

− Comoros

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Croatia

− India

− Jamaica

− Mauritania

− Malawi

− Thailand

− Tajikistan

− Vietnam

− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2005, from 2005 to 2005.
76 distinct values among 81
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 0.02. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2005). Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-gap/2005

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