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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 compilation

Name: Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2012; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 compilation covers 87 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 41.01; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.64. Against the 2011 compilation, 59 values changed (24 up, 35 down), 22 countries joined, 17 left.

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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2012

HighestDR Congo

41.01

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

87countries
1measure
2012compiled · readings from many years
73distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 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, 2012 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.01	consumption	2012.4
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29.27	consumption	2012.73
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.60	consumption	2012.45
4	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.68	consumption	2012.8
5	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean · 2012 reading	14.93	consumption	2012
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.79	consumption	2012.79
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.41	consumption	2012.5
8	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa · 2012 reading	10.94	consumption	2012
9	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2012 reading	9.83	income	2012
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2012 reading	5.74	consumption	2012
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	5.64	consumption	2012
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	5.57	income	2012
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa · 2012 reading	5.56	consumption	2012
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.95	consumption	2012.25
15	Colombia`COL`South America · 2012 reading	4.93	income	2012
16	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2012 reading	3.82	income	2012
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	3.75	income	2012
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2012 reading	3.52	consumption	2012
19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	3.51	income	2012
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	3.18	income	2012
21	Peru`PER`South America · 2012 reading	3.11	income	2012
22	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2012 reading	2.55	income	2012
23	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2012 reading	2.34	income	2012
24	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2012 reading	2.31	income	2012
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2012 reading	2.22	income	2012
26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2012 reading	2.17	consumption	2012
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2012 reading	2.09	income	2012
28	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	1.87	income	2012
29	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2012 reading	1.84	income	2012
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2012 reading	1.35	income	2012
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.26	consumption	2012.69
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	1.21	income	2012
33	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.11	consumption	2012.5
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2012 reading	0.92	income	2012
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.88	income	2012
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.86	income	2012
37	United States`USA`Northern America · 2012 reading	0.84	income	2012
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2012 reading	0.80	income	2012
39	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.70	consumption	2012
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.68	income	2012
=41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia · 2012 reading	0.67	consumption	2012
=41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	0.67	consumption	2012
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.66	income	2012
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.64	income	2012
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.56	income	2012
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.47	income	2012
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.46	income	2012
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.45	income	2012
49	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2012 reading	0.42	income	2012
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2012 reading	0.39	consumption	2012
=51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.38	consumption	2012
=51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2012 reading	0.38	income	2012
53	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.36	income	2012
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.34	consumption	2012.23
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2012 reading	0.27	consumption	2012
56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.25	income	2012
57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.24	income	2012
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa · 2012 reading	0.23	consumption	2012
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.22	income	2012
60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.21	income	2012
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2012 reading	0.20	income	2012
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2012 reading	0.19	consumption	2012
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.16	consumption	2012.49
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.15	income	2012
65	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.13	income	2012
66	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2012 reading	0.12	income	2012
67	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.10	income	2012
=68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia · 2012 reading	0.07	consumption	2012
=68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.07	income	2012
=68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.07	consumption	2012
=71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	0.06	consumption	2012
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2012 reading	0.06	income	2012
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.05	income	2012
=74	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.04	income	2012
=74	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.04	income	2012
=76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.03	income	2012
=76	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.03	income	2012
=76	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.03	income	2012
=76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.03	consumption	2012
=80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.02	income	2012
=80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2012 reading	0.02	consumption	2012
=82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.01	consumption	2012
=82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2012 reading	0.01	consumption	2012
=82	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2012 reading	0.01	income	2012
=85	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2012 reading	0.00	income	2012
=85	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2012 reading	0.00	income	2012
=85	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2012 reading	0.00	income	2012

02In Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1DR Congo41.01
2Madagascar29.27
3Uganda20.60
4Ghana15.68
5Haiti14.93

Lowest

85Denmarkshared0.00
85Cyprusshared0.00
85Switzerlandshared0.00
82Sloveniashared0.01
82Russiashared0.01

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since the 2011 compilation

What changed between the 2011 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+22 / −17countries joined / left
59values changed, of 65 in both
24 · 35rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro0.12 → 1.87+1.75
Honduras8.17 → 9.83+1.66
Colombia4.03 → 4.93+0.90
Bolivia2.93 → 3.82+0.89
Kyrgyzstan1.52 → 2.17+0.65

Fell most

Indonesia7.30 → 5.64−1.66
Georgia7.37 → 5.74−1.63
North Macedonia5.12 → 3.75−1.37
Paraguay2.92 → 1.84−1.08
China4.31 → 3.52−0.79

+ Albania

+ Bhutan

+ DR Congo

+ Djibouti

+ Egypt

+ Ghana

+ Guinea

+ Haiti

+ Iraq

+ South Korea

+ Laos

+ Sri Lanka

+ Madagascar

+ Mexico

+ Mauritius

+ Nigeria

+ Nauru

+ Philippines

+ Solomon Islands

+ Serbia

+ Uganda

+ Vietnam

− Benin

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Chile

− Republic of the Congo

− Algeria

− India

− Lebanon

− Malaysia

− Niger

− Pakistan

− Palestine

− Senegal

− Sierra Leone

− Chad

− Togo

− Tanzania

− Zimbabwe

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 2012, from 2012 to 2012.
73 distinct values among 87
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.03. 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 87 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2012 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-gap/2012

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