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Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2023; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation covers 60 countries. Uganda is highest, at 19.950; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.345. Against the 2022 compilation, 48 values changed (18 up, 30 down), 9 countries joined, 22 left.
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2023
HighestUganda
19.950Lowest2 countries share it
0.000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 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 60 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 19.950 | consumption | 2023.17 |
| 2 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 10.200 | consumption | 2023.77 |
| 3 |  HondurasHNDCentral America · 2023 reading | 6.950 | income | 2023 |
| 4 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America · 2023 reading | 3.440 | income | 2023 |
| 5 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2023 reading | 3.430 | income | 2023 |
| =6 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2023 reading | 1.740 | income | 2023 |
| =6 |  PeruPERSouth America · 2023 reading | 1.740 | income | 2023 |
| 8 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2023 reading | 1.590 | income | 2023 |
| 9 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2023 reading | 1.560 | consumption | 2023 |
| 10 |  EcuadorECUSouth America · 2023 reading | 1.470 | income | 2023 |
| 11 |  BrazilBRASouth America · 2023 reading | 1.340 | income | 2023 |
| 12 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 1.300 | consumption | 2023 |
| 13 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2023 reading | 1.120 | consumption | 2023 |
| 14 |  PanamaPANCentral America · 2023 reading | 1.090 | income | 2023 |
| =15 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.950 | income | 2023 |
| =15 |  United StatesUSANorthern America · 2023 reading | 0.950 | income | 2023 |
| 17 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2023 reading | 0.760 | income | 2023 |
| 18 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.710 | income | 2023 |
| 19 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.660 | income | 2023 |
| 20 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2023 reading | 0.620 | income | 2023 |
| =21 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.550 | income | 2023 |
| =21 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.550 | income | 2023 |
| 23 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 0.490 | consumption | 2023.23 |
| =24 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2023 reading | 0.480 | income | 2023 |
| =24 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.480 | income | 2023 |
| 26 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.420 | income | 2023 |
| 27 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.390 | income | 2023 |
| 28 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2023 reading | 0.370 | income | 2023 |
| =29 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2023 reading | 0.350 | income | 2023 |
| =29 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2023 reading | 0.350 | consumption | 2023 |
| 31 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 0.340 | consumption | 2023.58 |
| 32 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.330 | consumption | 2023 |
| 33 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.310 | income | 2023 |
| 34 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.280 | consumption | 2023 |
| 35 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.270 | income | 2023 |
| 36 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.250 | income | 2023 |
| 37 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.230 | income | 2023 |
| 38 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.210 | income | 2023 |
| 39 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.200 | income | 2023 |
| =40 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.190 | income | 2023 |
| =40 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.190 | income | 2023 |
| 42 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.140 | income | 2023 |
| =43 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.130 | income | 2023 |
| =43 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.130 | income | 2023 |
| =43 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.130 | income | 2023 |
| 46 |  KiribatiKIRMicronesia | 0.100 | consumption | 2023.42 |
| 47 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.070 | consumption | 2023 |
| =48 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.060 | income | 2023 |
| =48 |  UruguayURYSouth America · 2023 reading | 0.060 | income | 2023 |
| 50 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.050 | income | 2023 |
| =51 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.040 | income | 2023 |
| =51 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.040 | income | 2023 |
| =51 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.040 | income | 2023 |
| =54 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.030 | income | 2023 |
| =54 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.030 | income | 2023 |
| 56 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.020 | consumption | 2023 |
| 57 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.010 | income | 2023 |
| 58 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2023 reading | 0.001 | consumption | 2023 |
| =59 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.000 | income | 2023 |
| =59 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2023 reading | 0.000 | income | 2023 |
02In Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032022 → 2023
Since the 2022 compilation
What changed between the 2022 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +9 / −22countries joined / left
- 48values changed, of 51 in both
- 18 · 30rose · fell
- 3unchanged
Rose most
- Peru1.410 → 1.740+0.330
- Lithuania0.420 → 0.710+0.290
- Dominican Republic0.220 → 0.370+0.150
- Italy0.520 → 0.660+0.140
- Malta0.060 → 0.190+0.130
Fell most
- Georgia2.270 → 1.300−0.970
- Tajikistan2.220 → 1.560−0.660
- Serbia0.990 → 0.480−0.510
- India0.770 → 0.340−0.430
- Bolivia1.180 → 0.760−0.420
+ Guatemala+ Honduras+ Iraq+ Kiribati+ Panama+ Philippines+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ Uganda
− Bangladesh
− Bhutan
− Canada
− Chile
− China
− Germany
− Equatorial Guinea
− Israel
− Kenya
− Lebanon
− Mexico
− Mongolia
− Mozambique
− Nigeria
− Nepal
− Suriname
− Syria
− Chad
− Vietnam
− Kosovo
− South Africa
− ZambiaChanges 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 2023, from 2023 to 2023.
47 distinct values among 60
Values are stored exactly as published, to 7 decimals. 3 countries share 0.130. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 60 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2023). Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-gap/2023
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07Questions
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest poverty gap ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation?
Uganda, at 19.950, of the 60 countries in the file.
How many countries does Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation cover?
60.
Where can I download Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 2023 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, 2023 compilation the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.