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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

Name: Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2006; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation covers 82 countries. Zambia is highest, at 40.2200; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4650. Against the 2005 compilation, 59 values changed (15 up, 44 down), 23 countries joined, 22 left.

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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2006

HighestZambia

40.2200

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0000

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

82countries
1measure
2006compiled · readings from many years
69distinct values8 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, 2006 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, 2006 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.2200	consumption	2006.5
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa · 2006 reading	37.2600	consumption	2006
3	Togo`TGO`Western Africa · 2006 reading	30.3400	consumption	2006
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.7400	consumption	2006.25
5	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2006 reading	13.0800	income	2006
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	13.0700	consumption	2006
7	Peru`PER`South America · 2006 reading	8.5600	income	2006
8	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2006 reading	7.7600	income	2006
9	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	7.5000	income	2006
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2006 reading	7.0400	consumption	2006
11	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2006 reading	6.9100	income	2006
12	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia · 2006 reading	6.5500	consumption	2006
13	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	6.0900	consumption	2006
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	6.0700	consumption	2006
15	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2006 reading	4.6000	income	2006
16	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2006 reading	4.5100	income	2006
17	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2006 reading	4.2800	income	2006
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2006 reading	3.9500	income	2006
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2006 reading	3.8600	income	2006
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	3.8400	income	2006
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	3.5600	income	2006
22	Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2006 reading	3.5000	income	2006
23	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	2.8800	consumption	2006
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2006 reading	2.8700	income	2006
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2006 reading	2.3100	income	2006
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.2900	consumption	2006.5
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2.0600	consumption	2006.91
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2006 reading	1.9000	income	2006
29	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2006 reading	1.2300	income	2006
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	1.1600	consumption	2006
31	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	1.1400	consumption	2006
32	Chile`CHL`South America · 2006 reading	1.0100	income	2006
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	1.0000	income	2006
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.9800	consumption	2006.23
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.8800	income	2006
36	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.8200	consumption	2006
37	United States`USA`Northern America · 2006 reading	0.8100	income	2006
38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.7700	consumption	2006
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.6200	income	2006
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.5400	income	2006
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.5000	income	2006
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	0.4300	consumption	2006
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.4000	income	2006
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.3900	consumption	2006
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.3700	income	2006
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.3500	income	2006
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.2700	income	2006
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.2600	income	2006
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.2400	income	2006
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.2300	consumption	2006
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.2200	consumption	2006
52	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2006 reading	0.2100	income	2006
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.2000	consumption	2006.5
=54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1900	income	2006
=54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1900	income	2006
=56	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2006 reading	0.1800	income	2006
=56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1800	consumption	2006
=56	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.1800	consumption	2006.43
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.1600	income	2006
60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1400	income	2006
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.1300	income	2006
=62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1100	income	2006
=62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1100	consumption	2006
=64	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.1000	income	2006
=64	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.1000	consumption	2006
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0900	income	2006
=67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0700	income	2006
=67	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0700	income	2006
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0600	consumption	2006
=70	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0500	income	2006
=70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.0500	consumption	2006.85
=70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0500	consumption	2006.14
=70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0500	income	2006
74	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0400	income	2006
=75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0300	income	2006
=75	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0300	income	2006
=75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.0300	income	2006
78	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0200	income	2006
79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0003	income	2006
=80	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.0000	income	2006
=80	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.0000	income	2006
=80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.0000	consumption	2006.83

02In Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Zambia40.2200
2Burundi37.2600
3Togo30.3400
4Mali25.7400
5Honduras13.0800

Lowest

80Syriashared0.0000
80Germanyshared0.0000
80Cyprusshared0.0000
79Luxembourg0.0003
78France0.0200

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.4650. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 compilation

What changed between the 2005 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+23 / −22countries joined / left
59values changed, of 59 in both
15 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.6900 → 3.8400+3.1500
Indonesia10.2200 → 13.0700+2.8500
Paraguay3.5100 → 4.5100+1.0000
Panama6.1500 → 6.9100+0.7600
North Macedonia0.7600 → 1.1400+0.3800

Fell most

Venezuela9.8300 → 4.6000−5.2300
Moldova4.2700 → 0.7700−3.5000
Kazakhstan3.8400 → 0.4300−3.4100
Kyrgyzstan9.2900 → 6.0900−3.2000
Honduras15.7500 → 13.0800−2.6700

+ Burundi

+ Bulgaria

+ Switzerland

+ Chile

+ Guatemala

+ Iraq

+ Jordan

+ Kiribati

+ South Korea

+ Sri Lanka

+ Morocco

+ Mali

+ Malta

+ Mauritius

+ Malaysia

+ Philippines

+ Seychelles

+ Syria

+ Togo

+ Thailand

+ Uruguay

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Albania

− Azerbaijan

− Bangladesh

− China

− Republic of the Congo

− Colombia

− Micronesia

− Gabon

− Ghana

− Kenya

− Madagascar

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Pakistan

− Rwanda

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− Tunisia

− Taiwan

− Uganda

− Yemen

− South Africa

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 2006, from 2006 to 2006.
69 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 8 decimals. 4 countries share 0.0500. 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 82 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2006). Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-gap/2006

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