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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2008; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 compilation covers 79 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 26.340000; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.160000. Against the 2007 compilation, 55 values changed (18 up, 37 down), 21 countries joined, 15 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2008

HighestMozambique

26.340000

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000000

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, 2008 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, 2008 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa26.340000consumption2008.67
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2008 reading21.170000consumption2008
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2008 reading9.600000consumption2008
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7.180000consumption2008.67
HondurasHNDCentral America · 2008 reading4.940000income2008
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2008 reading3.640000income2008
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2008 reading3.510000consumption2008
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2008 reading3.380000consumption2008
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2008 reading3.070000consumption2008
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2008 reading2.960000income2008
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2.900000consumption2008.5
PeruPERSouth America · 2008 reading2.830000income2008
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.130000consumption2008.2
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2008 reading2.100000income2008
BrazilBRASouth America · 2008 reading1.880000income2008
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2008 reading1.660000income2008
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2008 reading1.630000consumption2008
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2008 reading1.570000income2008
PanamaPANCentral America · 2008 reading1.370000income2008
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2008 reading1.140000income2008
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2008 reading1.040000income2008
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2008 reading0.950000consumption2008
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2008 reading0.820000income2008
Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2008 reading0.780000income2008
United StatesUSANorthern America · 2008 reading0.720000income2008

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mozambique26.340000
  2. Central African Republic21.170000
  3. Côte d’Ivoire9.600000
  4. South Africa7.180000
  5. Honduras4.940000

Lowest

  1. Ukraineshared0.000000
  2. Sloveniashared0.000000
  3. Luxembourgshared0.000000
  4. Jordanshared0.000000
  5. Croatia0.000000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.160000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since the 2007 compilation

What changed between the 2007 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +21 / −15countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 58 in both
  • 18 · 37rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kyrgyzstan2.170000 → 0.950000−1.220000
  • Panama2.510000 → 1.370000−1.140000
  • Paraguay2.100000 → 1.140000−0.960000
  • Peru3.650000 → 2.830000−0.820000
  • Bolivia3.620000 → 2.960000−0.660000
+ Angola+ Albania+ Australia+ Central African Republic+ China+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Colombia+ Egypt+ Fiji+ Croatia+ Jordan+ Japan+ South Korea+ Mexico+ North Macedonia+ Mozambique+ Mauritania+ Malaysia+ Vietnam+ Samoa+ South Africa− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Bhutan− Cameroon− Cabo Verde− Guinea− Laos− Liberia− Mongolia− Niger− Pakistan− Palestine− Tajikistan− Timor-Leste− Taiwan− Tanzania

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 2008, from 2008 to 2008.

  • 56 distinct values among 79

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 5 countries share 0.020000. 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 79 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 (2008). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2008

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07Questions

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 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, 2008 compilation?

Mozambique, at 26.340000, of the 79 countries in the file.

How many countries does Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 compilation cover?

79.

Where can I download Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2008 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, 2008 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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