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

Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

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.

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. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

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.

Showing 25 of 81 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigerNERWestern Africa · 2005 reading28.35consumption2005
RwandaRWAEastern Africa22.14consumption2005.75
UgandaUGAEastern Africa18.56consumption2005.33
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia15.57consumption2005.5
GhanaGHAWestern Africa14.83consumption2005.67
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa · 2005 reading12.03consumption2005
SenegalSENWestern Africa10.27consumption2005.8
HondurasHNDCentral America · 2005 reading10.20income2005
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2005 reading8.94consumption2005
KenyaKENEastern Africa8.50consumption2005.38
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2005 reading7.73consumption2005
VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2005 reading7.04income2005
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2005 reading6.31income2005
PeruPERSouth America · 2005 reading5.24income2005
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2005 reading4.42consumption2005
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2005 reading3.62consumption2005
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2005 reading3.59income2005
PanamaPANCentral America · 2005 reading3.44income2005
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2005 reading3.38consumption2005
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2005 reading3.38consumption2005
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2005 reading3.24income2005
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2005 reading3.10income2005
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3.09consumption2005.5
BrazilBRASouth America · 2005 reading2.74income2005
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2005 reading2.15income2005

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

  1. Niger28.35
  2. Rwanda22.14
  3. Uganda18.56
  4. Solomon Islands15.57
  5. Ghana14.83

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Czechiashared0.00
  3. Azerbaijanshared0.00
  4. Luxembourgshared0.01
  5. 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

What changed between the 2004 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Fell most

+ 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. 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.

The site’s method
  • 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.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

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

07Questions

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest poverty severity ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation?

Niger, at 28.35, of the 81 countries in the file.

How many countries does Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation cover?

81.

Where can I download Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 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 Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2005 compilation the newest?

No. The newest held here is Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation.

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