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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2011 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2011; 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, 2011 compilation covers 82 countries. Togo is highest, at 18.73000; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 0.25000. Against the 2010 compilation, 59 values changed (21 up, 38 down), 18 countries joined, 23 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2011

HighestTogo

18.73000

Lowest6 countries share it

0.00000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2011 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 82 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2011 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2011 reading18.73000consumption2011
BeninBENWestern Africa16.34000consumption2011.33
NigerNERWestern Africa · 2011 reading10.71000consumption2011
SenegalSENWestern Africa10.55000consumption2011.29
ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2011 reading10.08000consumption2011
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa8.50000consumption2011.67
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2011 reading7.50000consumption2011
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa7.08000consumption2011.77
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2011 reading4.70000consumption2011
HondurasHNDCentral America · 2011 reading4.57000income2011
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2011 reading3.60000consumption2011
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2011 reading3.13000income2011
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading2.44000consumption2011
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2011 reading2.11000income2011
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2011 reading1.69000income2011
BrazilBRASouth America · 2011 reading1.65000income2011
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2011 reading1.65000consumption2011
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2011 reading1.56000income2011
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.52000consumption2011.5
PeruPERSouth America · 2011 reading1.51000income2011
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2011 reading1.43000income2011
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1.30000consumption2011.5
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2011 reading1.27000income2011
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2011 reading1.04000income2011
PanamaPANCentral America · 2011 reading0.87000income2011

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2011 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Togo18.73000
  2. Benin16.34000
  3. Niger10.71000
  4. Senegal10.55000
  5. Chad10.08000

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared0.00000
  2. Franceshared0.00000
  3. Algeriashared0.00000
  4. Denmarkshared0.00000
  5. Cyprusshared0.00000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.25000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since the 2010 compilation

  • +18 / −23countries joined / left
  • 59values changed, of 64 in both
  • 21 · 38rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Benin+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Bolivia+ Brazil+ Chile+ Republic of the Congo+ Algeria+ India+ Iran+ Lebanon+ Malaysia+ Niger+ Senegal+ Sierra Leone+ Chad+ Togo+ Tanzania+ Zimbabwe− Australia− Bangladesh− Egypt− Ethiopia− Gambia− Guinea-Bissau− Jordan− South Korea− Madagascar− Mexico− Malawi− Nigeria− Nepal− Rwanda− Serbia− São Tomé and Príncipe− Tunisia− Tuvalu− Taiwan− Vietnam− Vanuatu− South Africa− Zambia

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 2011, from 2011 to 2011.

  • 56 distinct values among 82

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 6 countries share 0.00000. 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 (2011). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2011 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2011

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