Latest available · compiled 2005

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation

Name: Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; 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, 2005 compilation covers 81 countries. Niger is highest, at 28.35; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.66. Against the 2004 compilation, 58 values changed (27 up, 31 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2005

HighestNiger

28.35

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

81countries
1measure
2005compiled · readings from many years
63distinct values2 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, 2005 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, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2005 reading	28.35	consumption	2005
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.14	consumption	2005.75
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.56	consumption	2005.33
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.57	consumption	2005.5
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.83	consumption	2005.67
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	12.03	consumption	2005
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.27	consumption	2005.8
Honduras`HND`Central America · 2005 reading	10.20	income	2005
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa · 2005 reading	8.94	consumption	2005
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8.50	consumption	2005.38
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2005 reading	7.73	consumption	2005
Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2005 reading	7.04	income	2005
Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2005 reading	6.31	income	2005
Peru`PER`South America · 2005 reading	5.24	income	2005
China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	4.42	consumption	2005
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	3.62	consumption	2005
El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2005 reading	3.59	income	2005
Panama`PAN`Central America · 2005 reading	3.44	income	2005
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2005 reading	3.38	consumption	2005
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	3.38	consumption	2005
Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2005 reading	3.24	income	2005
Colombia`COL`South America · 2005 reading	3.10	income	2005
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.09	consumption	2005.5
Brazil`BRA`South America · 2005 reading	2.74	income	2005
Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2005 reading	2.15	income	2005
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2005 reading	2.13	consumption	2005
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2005 reading	1.97	income	2005
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.77	consumption	2005.25
Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2005 reading	1.75	income	2005
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	1.65	consumption	2005
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	1.49	consumption	2005
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia · 2005 reading	1.47	consumption	2005
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2005 reading	1.34	income	2005
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	1.11	consumption	2005
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.99	income	2005
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2005 reading	0.96	income	2005
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	0.84	consumption	2005
Argentina`ARG`South America · 2005 reading	0.75	income	2005
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.69	income	2005
United States`USA`Northern America · 2005 reading	0.67	income	2005
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.66	income	2005
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.57	consumption	2005
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.48	income	2005
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.46	consumption	2005.34
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.43	consumption	2005
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.41	income	2005
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.36	consumption	2005.23
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.32	income	2005
Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.32	income	2005
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.31	income	2005
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.29	consumption	2005
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.28	income	2005
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.22	income	2005
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.18	income	2005
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.18	income	2005
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.17	consumption	2005
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.17	consumption	2005
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.16	consumption	2005
Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2005 reading	0.12	income	2005
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.12	income	2005
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.12	income	2005
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.12	consumption	2005
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.11	consumption	2005
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.11	income	2005
Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.08	income	2005
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.08	income	2005
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.06	consumption	2005
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.06	consumption	2005
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.05	income	2005
Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.04	income	2005
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.04	consumption	2005
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.04	income	2005
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.03	income	2005
France`FRA`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.03	income	2005
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.01	income	2005
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.01	income	2005
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.01	income	2005
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.01	income	2005
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.00	consumption	2005
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.00	income	2005
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	0.00	income	2005

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Niger28.35
Rwanda22.14
Uganda18.56
Solomon Islands15.57
Ghana14.83

Lowest

Taiwanshared0.00
Czechiashared0.00
Azerbaijanshared0.00
Luxembourgshared0.01
Icelandshared0.01

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since the 2004 compilation

+22 / −16countries joined / left
58values changed, of 59 in both
27 · 31rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia3.38 → 6.31+2.93
Kazakhstan0.43 → 1.49+1.06
Honduras9.18 → 10.20+1.02
Peru4.46 → 5.24+0.78
Moldova0.89 → 1.65+0.76

Fell most

Ecuador4.56 → 3.24−1.32
Dominican Republic2.18 → 1.34−0.84
Indonesia4.43 → 3.62−0.81
El Salvador4.28 → 3.59−0.69
Costa Rica1.51 → 0.96−0.55

+ Albania

+ Bangladesh

+ China

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Micronesia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Iran

+ Kenya

+ Madagascar

+ Montenegro

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Rwanda

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Tunisia

+ Taiwan

+ Uganda

+ Kosovo

+ Yemen

+ South Africa

− Australia

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Switzerland

− DR Congo

− Comoros

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Croatia

− India

− Jamaica

− Mauritania

− Malawi

− Thailand

− Tajikistan

− Vietnam

− Zambia

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

04Caveats

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Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2005, from 2005 to 2005.
63 distinct values among 81
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.12. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2005). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2005

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