Latest available · compiled 2007
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2007; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation covers 73 countries. Niger is highest, at 39.58; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.36. Against the 2006 compilation, 57 values changed (16 up, 41 down), 14 countries joined, 23 left.
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2007
HighestNiger
39.58Lowest2 countries share it
0.00Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 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.
Showing 25 of 73 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NERWestern Africa | 39.58 | consumption | 2007.31 |
| 2 | TZAEastern Africa · 2007 reading | 24.43 | consumption | 2007 |
| 3 | LBRWestern Africa · 2007 reading | 23.43 | consumption | 2007 |
| 4 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia · 2007 reading | 18.45 | consumption | 2007 |
| 5 | GINWestern Africa · 2007 reading | 14.68 | consumption | 2007 |
| 6 | CMRMiddle Africa · 2007 reading | 11.39 | consumption | 2007 |
| 7 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2007 reading | 10.78 | consumption | 2007 |
| 8 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 9.17 | consumption | 2007.23 |
| 9 | HNDCentral America · 2007 reading | 8.81 | income | 2007 |
| 10 | CPVWestern Africa | 7.83 | consumption | 2007.33 |
| 11 | TJKCentral Asia · 2007 reading | 7.64 | consumption | 2007 |
| 12 | GEOWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 7.61 | consumption | 2007 |
| 13 | PAKSouthern Asia | 7.15 | consumption | 2007.5 |
| 14 | PERSouth America · 2007 reading | 7.10 | income | 2007 |
| 15 | KGZCentral Asia · 2007 reading | 5.94 | consumption | 2007 |
| 16 | BOLSouth America · 2007 reading | 5.76 | income | 2007 |
| 17 | PANCentral America · 2007 reading | 4.83 | income | 2007 |
| 18 | PRYSouth America · 2007 reading | 4.30 | income | 2007 |
| 19 | BRASouth America · 2007 reading | 4.23 | income | 2007 |
| 20 | ECUSouth America · 2007 reading | 4.15 | income | 2007 |
| 21 | ROUEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 2.69 | income | 2007 |
| 22 | SLVCentral America · 2007 reading | 2.58 | income | 2007 |
| 23 | BTNSouthern Asia · 2007 reading | 2.50 | consumption | 2007 |
| 24 | DOMCaribbean · 2007 reading | 2.28 | income | 2007 |
| 25 | CRICentral America · 2007 reading | 1.08 | income | 2007 |
| 26 | ARGSouth America · 2007 reading | 1.00 | income | 2007 |
| 27 | BGREastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.99 | income | 2007 |
| 28 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.88 | income | 2007 |
| 29 | TURWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.82 | consumption | 2007 |
| 30 | USANorthern America · 2007 reading | 0.79 | income | 2007 |
| 31 | ARMWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.70 | consumption | 2007 |
| 32 | MNGEastern Asia | 0.68 | consumption | 2007.5 |
| 33 | PSEWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.62 | consumption | 2007 |
| 34 | ITASouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.51 | income | 2007 |
| 35 | LVANorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.42 | income | 2007 |
| 36 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.41 | income | 2007 |
| 37 | MDAEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.36 | consumption | 2007 |
| 38 | SWENorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.34 | income | 2007 |
| 39 | POLEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.31 | income | 2007 |
| =40 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.30 | income | 2007 |
| =40 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.30 | income | 2007 |
| =42 | AUTWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.28 | income | 2007 |
| =42 | MLTSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.28 | income | 2007 |
| =44 | ISRWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.26 | income | 2007 |
| =44 | SVKEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.26 | income | 2007 |
| 46 | THASouth-eastern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.21 | consumption | 2007 |
| 47 | GBRNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.20 | income | 2007 |
| 48 | BIHSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.18 | consumption | 2007 |
| 49 | KAZCentral Asia · 2007 reading | 0.17 | consumption | 2007 |
| =50 | BLREastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.16 | consumption | 2007 |
| =50 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.16 | income | 2007 |
| =50 | SRBSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.16 | consumption | 2007 |
| 53 | URYSouth America · 2007 reading | 0.15 | income | 2007 |
| 54 | CANNorthern America · 2007 reading | 0.12 | income | 2007 |
| =55 | BELWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.09 | income | 2007 |
| =55 | MNESouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.09 | consumption | 2007 |
| =55 | NORNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.09 | income | 2007 |
| =58 | HUNEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.08 | income | 2007 |
| =58 | RUSEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.08 | consumption | 2007 |
| 60 | UKREastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.07 | consumption | 2007 |
| =61 | CZEEastern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.06 | income | 2007 |
| =61 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.06 | income | 2007 |
| 63 | FINNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.04 | income | 2007 |
| 64 | ISLNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.03 | income | 2007 |
| =65 | CYPWestern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.02 | income | 2007 |
| =65 | NLDWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.02 | income | 2007 |
| =65 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.02 | income | 2007 |
| =65 | CHEWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.02 | income | 2007 |
| =69 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.01 | income | 2007 |
| =69 | FRAWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.01 | income | 2007 |
| =69 | LUXWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.01 | income | 2007 |
| =72 | DEUWestern Europe · 2007 reading | 0.00 | income | 2007 |
| =72 | TWNEastern Asia · 2007 reading | 0.00 | income | 2007 |
02In Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Niger39.58
- 2
Tanzania24.43
- 3
Liberia23.43
- 4
Timor-Leste18.45
- 5
Guinea14.68
Lowest
- 72
Taiwanshared0.00
- 72
Germanyshared0.00
- 69
Luxembourgshared0.01
- 69
Franceshared0.01
- 69
Denmarkshared0.01
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032006 → 2007
Since the 2006 compilation
What changed between the 2006 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +14 / −23countries joined / left
- 57values changed, of 59 in both
- 16 · 41rose · fell
- 2unchanged
Rose most
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2007, from 2007 to 2007.
58 distinct values among 73
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 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 73 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2007). Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-gap/2007
0622 held
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07Questions
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest poverty gap ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation?
Niger, at 39.58, of the 73 countries in the file.
How many countries does Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation cover?
73.
Where can I download Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2007 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation.