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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation

Name: Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2003; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty severity — the squared poverty gap — measures how deep poverty runs below $3.00 a day while giving the most weight to the very poorest. Each poor person’s shortfall is squared before it is averaged, so a country where a few people are extremely poor reads worse than one where many sit just below the line.

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation covers 69 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 37.760; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.630. Against the 2002 compilation, 42 values changed (22 up, 20 down), 26 countries joined, 25 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2003

HighestUzbekistan

37.760

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

69countries
1measure
2003compiled · readings from many years
60distinct values8 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2003 reading	37.760	consumption	2003
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2003 reading	17.410	consumption	2003
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.380	consumption	2003.25
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa · 2003 reading	16.000	consumption	2003
Benin`BEN`Western Africa · 2003 reading	15.150	consumption	2003
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.590	consumption	2003.29
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.930	consumption	2003.67
Honduras`HND`Central America · 2003 reading	9.580	income	2003
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.580	consumption	2003.67
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.100	consumption	2003.25
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia · 2003 reading	8.650	consumption	2003
Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2003 reading	7.790	income	2003
El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2003 reading	6.740	income	2003
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2003 reading	6.380	consumption	2003
Panama`PAN`Central America · 2003 reading	4.200	income	2003
Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2003 reading	4.180	income	2003
Colombia`COL`South America · 2003 reading	4.120	income	2003
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	4.050	consumption	2003
Peru`PER`South America · 2003 reading	3.830	income	2003
Brazil`BRA`South America · 2003 reading	3.710	income	2003
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2003 reading	3.400	consumption	2003
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	2.770	income	2003
Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2003 reading	2.370	income	2003
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2003 reading	1.820	income	2003
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2003 reading	1.670	income	2003
Chile`CHL`South America · 2003 reading	1.640	income	2003
Argentina`ARG`South America · 2003 reading	1.600	income	2003
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia · 2003 reading	1.590	consumption	2003
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	1.090	income	2003
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2003 reading	0.940	consumption	2003
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2003 reading	0.930	consumption	2003
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2003 reading	0.850	consumption	2003
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.730	consumption	2003
United States`USA`Northern America · 2003 reading	0.650	income	2003
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2003 reading	0.630	income	2003
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.620	consumption	2003
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.590	consumption	2003
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.470	consumption	2003
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.470	income	2003
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.430	income	2003
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.410	income	2003
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.340	income	2003
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	0.230	income	2003
Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.220	income	2003
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.200	consumption	2003
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.200	income	2003
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.190	consumption	2003
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.180	income	2003
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.170	consumption	2003
Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2003 reading	0.160	income	2003
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.150	consumption	2003
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.140	income	2003
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.120	income	2003
Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2003 reading	0.110	income	2003
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.100	consumption	2003
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.100	income	2003
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.100	consumption	2003
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.060	income	2003
Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.050	income	2003
France`FRA`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.040	income	2003
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.030	income	2003
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.030	consumption	2003
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.030	income	2003
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.020	consumption	2003.5
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.010	consumption	2003
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	0.010	consumption	2003
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.001	income	2003
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2003 reading	0.000	consumption	2003
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.000	consumption	2003

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Uzbekistan37.760
Burkina Faso17.410
Sierra Leone17.380
Chad16.000
Benin15.150

Lowest

Sloveniashared0.000
Azerbaijanshared0.000
Iceland0.001
Polandshared0.010
Hungaryshared0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.630. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since the 2002 compilation

+26 / −25countries joined / left
42values changed, of 43 in both
22 · 20rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan34.900 → 37.760+2.860
Honduras7.610 → 9.580+1.970
Venezuela6.400 → 7.790+1.390
El Salvador5.410 → 6.740+1.330
Estonia0.280 → 1.090+0.810

Fell most

Argentina3.890 → 1.600−2.290
Kyrgyzstan8.430 → 6.380−2.050
Paraguay4.210 → 2.370−1.840
Peru5.360 → 3.830−1.530
Moldova1.880 → 0.620−1.260

+ Australia

+ Austria

+ Belgium

+ Benin

+ Burkina Faso

+ Bulgaria

+ Bhutan

+ Chile

+ Denmark

+ Ecuador

+ Spain

+ Finland

+ Gambia

+ Iceland

+ Malaysia

+ Namibia

+ Nigeria

+ Norway

+ Nepal

+ Philippines

+ Portugal

+ Sierra Leone

+ Syria

+ Chad

+ Tajikistan

+ Kosovo

− Albania

− Bolivia

− Botswana

− Switzerland

− China

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Czechia

− Djibouti

− Fiji

− Guinea

− Guinea-Bissau

− Jamaica

− Jordan

− Laos

− Sri Lanka

− Lesotho

− Maldives

− Mexico

− Mongolia

− Mozambique

− Thailand

− Uganda

− Vietnam

− Samoa

− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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Each country’s newest reading as of 2003, from 2003 to 2003.
60 distinct values among 69
Values are stored exactly as published, to 8 decimals. 3 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 69 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2003). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2003 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2003

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