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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

Name: Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2006; 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, 2006 compilation covers 82 countries. Zambia is highest, at 26.57000; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 0.26500. Against the 2005 compilation, 58 values changed (15 up, 43 down), 23 countries joined, 22 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2006

HighestZambia

26.57000

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00000

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

82countries
1measure
2006compiled · readings from many years
58distinct values9 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, 2006 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, 2006 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.57000	consumption	2006.5
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa · 2006 reading	19.80000	consumption	2006
Togo`TGO`Western Africa · 2006 reading	16.67000	consumption	2006
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.29000	consumption	2006.25
Honduras`HND`Central America · 2006 reading	8.26000	income	2006
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	5.09000	consumption	2006
Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2006 reading	5.02000	income	2006
Peru`PER`South America · 2006 reading	4.50000	income	2006
Panama`PAN`Central America · 2006 reading	4.09000	income	2006
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2006 reading	3.30000	consumption	2006
Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2006 reading	3.16000	income	2006
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	3.00000	income	2006
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia · 2006 reading	2.82000	consumption	2006
Brazil`BRA`South America · 2006 reading	2.32000	income	2006
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	2.31000	consumption	2006
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	2.27000	income	2006
Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2006 reading	2.14000	income	2006
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	2.08000	consumption	2006
Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2006 reading	1.99000	income	2006
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	1.98000	income	2006
El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2006 reading	1.81000	income	2006
Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2006 reading	1.70000	income	2006
Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2006 reading	1.34000	income	2006
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2006 reading	1.05000	income	2006
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2006 reading	1.01000	income	2006
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.90000	consumption	2006
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.70000	consumption	2006.91
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.69000	income	2006
United States`USA`Northern America · 2006 reading	0.68000	income	2006
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.67000	consumption	2006.5
Argentina`ARG`South America · 2006 reading	0.66000	income	2006
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.54000	income	2006
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.51000	income	2006
Chile`CHL`South America · 2006 reading	0.49000	income	2006
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.41000	consumption	2006
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.40000	income	2006
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.38000	income	2006
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.38000	consumption	2006
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33000	consumption	2006.23
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.31000	consumption	2006
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.27000	income	2006
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.26000	income	2006
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.24000	consumption	2006
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.21000	income	2006
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.16000	income	2006
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.15000	income	2006
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.15000	income	2006
Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2006 reading	0.12000	income	2006
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	0.12000	consumption	2006
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.12000	income	2006
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	0.11000	consumption	2006
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.10000	income	2006
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.10000	income	2006
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.10000	income	2006
Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.09000	income	2006
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.08000	consumption	2006
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.08000	income	2006
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.08000	consumption	2006
Uruguay`URY`South America · 2006 reading	0.08000	income	2006
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.07000	income	2006
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.06000	income	2006
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.06000	income	2006
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.06000	consumption	2006.5
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.06000	consumption	2006
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.06000	consumption	2006.43
Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.03000	income	2006
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	0.03000	income	2006
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.03000	consumption	2006
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.03000	income	2006
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.03000	consumption	2006
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	0.02000	income	2006
France`FRA`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.02000	income	2006
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.02000	income	2006
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.02000	income	2006
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.02000	income	2006
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.01000	consumption	2006.85
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.01000	consumption	2006.14
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	0.01000	consumption	2006
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2006 reading	0.00085	income	2006
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.00003	income	2006
Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2006 reading	0.00000	income	2006
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00000	consumption	2006.83

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Zambia26.57000
Burundi19.80000
Togo16.67000
Mali13.29000
Honduras8.26000

Lowest

Syriashared0.00000
Germanyshared0.00000
Luxembourg0.00003
Cyprus0.00085
Montenegroshared0.01000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.26500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 compilation

+23 / −22countries joined / left
58values changed, of 59 in both
15 · 43rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.16000 → 1.98000+1.82000
Indonesia3.62000 → 5.09000+1.47000
Panama3.44000 → 4.09000+0.65000
Paraguay1.75000 → 2.14000+0.39000
North Macedonia0.29000 → 0.41000+0.12000

Fell most

Venezuela7.04000 → 3.16000−3.88000
Honduras10.20000 → 8.26000−1.94000
El Salvador3.59000 → 1.81000−1.78000
Kazakhstan1.49000 → 0.12000−1.37000
Moldova1.65000 → 0.31000−1.34000

+ Burundi

+ Bulgaria

+ Switzerland

+ Chile

+ Guatemala

+ Iraq

+ Jordan

+ Kiribati

+ South Korea

+ Sri Lanka

+ Morocco

+ Mali

+ Malta

+ Mauritius

+ Malaysia

+ Philippines

+ Seychelles

+ Syria

+ Togo

+ Thailand

+ Uruguay

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Albania

− Azerbaijan

− Bangladesh

− China

− Republic of the Congo

− Colombia

− Micronesia

− Gabon

− Ghana

− Kenya

− Madagascar

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Pakistan

− Rwanda

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− Tunisia

− Taiwan

− Uganda

− Yemen

− South Africa

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2006, from 2006 to 2006.
58 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 5 countries share 0.06000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 82 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2006). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2006

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