Latest available · compiled 2003
Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2003; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation covers 69 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 29.111; Luxembourg is lowest, at 0.497. The middle country reads 4.179. Against the 2002 compilation, 43 values changed (20 up, 23 down), 26 countries joined, 25 left.
Prosperity Gap · Latest available · compiled 2003
HighestUzbekistan
29.111LowestLuxembourg
0.497Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 69 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UZBCentral Asia · 2003 reading | 29.111 | consumption | 2003 |
| 2 | BFAWestern Africa · 2003 reading | 16.352 | consumption | 2003 |
| 3 | SLEWestern Africa | 16.133 | consumption | 2003.25 |
| 4 | TCDMiddle Africa · 2003 reading | 15.653 | consumption | 2003 |
| 5 | BENWestern Africa · 2003 reading | 14.999 | consumption | 2003 |
| 6 | GMBWestern Africa | 13.583 | consumption | 2003.29 |
| 7 | NGAWestern Africa | 12.693 | consumption | 2003.67 |
| 8 | TJKCentral Asia · 2003 reading | 11.721 | consumption | 2003 |
| 9 | NPLSouthern Asia | 11.546 | consumption | 2003.25 |
| 10 | VENSouth America · 2003 reading | 11.533 | income | 2003 |
| 11 | HNDCentral America · 2003 reading | 11.428 | income | 2003 |
| 12 | NAMSouthern Africa | 11.225 | consumption | 2003.67 |
| 13 | KGZCentral Asia · 2003 reading | 10.749 | consumption | 2003 |
| 14 | SLVCentral America · 2003 reading | 9.864 | income | 2003 |
| 15 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading | 9.454 | consumption | 2003 |
| 16 | GEOWestern Asia · 2003 reading | 7.572 | consumption | 2003 |
| 17 | COLSouth America · 2003 reading | 7.283 | income | 2003 |
| 18 | ECUSouth America · 2003 reading | 7.195 | income | 2003 |
| 19 | PERSouth America · 2003 reading | 6.949 | income | 2003 |
| 20 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading | 6.909 | income | 2003 |
| 21 | BTNSouthern Asia · 2003 reading | 6.581 | consumption | 2003 |
| 22 | PANCentral America · 2003 reading | 6.540 | income | 2003 |
| 23 | BRASouth America · 2003 reading | 6.445 | income | 2003 |
| 24 | ARMWestern Asia · 2003 reading | 6.379 | consumption | 2003 |
| 25 | XKXSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 5.879 | consumption | 2003 |
| 26 | KAZCentral Asia · 2003 reading | 5.594 | consumption | 2003 |
| 27 | PRYSouth America · 2003 reading | 5.361 | income | 2003 |
| 28 | BLREastern Europe · 2003 reading | 5.346 | consumption | 2003 |
| 29 | MDAEastern Europe · 2003 reading | 5.301 | consumption | 2003 |
| 30 | DOMCaribbean · 2003 reading | 4.986 | income | 2003 |
| 31 | ROUEastern Europe · 2003 reading | 4.883 | consumption | 2003 |
| 32 | CHLSouth America · 2003 reading | 4.814 | income | 2003 |
| 33 | TURWestern Asia · 2003 reading | 4.672 | consumption | 2003 |
| 34 | UKREastern Europe · 2003 reading | 4.379 | consumption | 2003 |
| 35 | ARGSouth America · 2003 reading | 4.179 | income | 2003 |
| 36 | CRICentral America · 2003 reading | 4.056 | income | 2003 |
| 37 | AZEWestern Asia · 2003 reading | 3.512 | consumption | 2003 |
| 38 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 3.420 | income | 2003 |
| 39 | BGREastern Europe · 2003 reading | 3.372 | consumption | 2003 |
| 40 | MKDSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 3.248 | consumption | 2003 |
| 41 | RUSEastern Europe · 2003 reading | 3.001 | consumption | 2003 |
| 42 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading | 2.984 | income | 2003 |
| 43 | SYRWestern Asia | 2.811 | consumption | 2003.5 |
| 44 | SRBSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 2.513 | consumption | 2003 |
| 45 | LVANorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 2.511 | consumption | 2003 |
| 46 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 2.386 | consumption | 2003 |
| 47 | POLEastern Europe · 2003 reading | 2.310 | consumption | 2003 |
| 48 | HUNEastern Europe · 2003 reading | 2.197 | consumption | 2003 |
| 49 | ISRWestern Asia · 2003 reading | 1.855 | income | 2003 |
| 50 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.692 | income | 2003 |
| 51 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand · 2003 reading | 1.526 | income | 2003 |
| 52 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.473 | income | 2003 |
| 53 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.412 | income | 2003 |
| 54 | USANorthern America · 2003 reading | 1.375 | income | 2003 |
| 55 | ITASouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.274 | income | 2003 |
| 56 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.247 | consumption | 2003 |
| 57 | SWENorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 1.033 | income | 2003 |
| 58 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.952 | income | 2003 |
| 59 | GBRNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.861 | income | 2003 |
| 60 | BELWestern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.805 | income | 2003 |
| 61 | AUTWestern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.800 | income | 2003 |
| 62 | CANNorthern America · 2003 reading | 0.778 | income | 2003 |
| 63 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.774 | income | 2003 |
| 64 | FRAWestern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.749 | income | 2003 |
| 65 | FINNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.737 | income | 2003 |
| 66 | NORNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.681 | income | 2003 |
| 67 | ISLNorthern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.674 | income | 2003 |
| 68 | DEUWestern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.624 | income | 2003 |
| 69 | LUXWestern Europe · 2003 reading | 0.497 | income | 2003 |
02In Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Uzbekistan29.111
- 2
Burkina Faso16.352
- 3
Sierra Leone16.133
- 4
Chad15.653
- 5
Benin14.999
Lowest
- 69
Luxembourg0.497
- 68
Germany0.624
- 67
Iceland0.674
- 66
Norway0.681
- 65
Finland0.737
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.179. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032002 → 2003
Since the 2002 compilation
What changed between the 2002 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +26 / −25countries joined / left
- 43values changed, of 43 in both
- 20 · 23rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Uzbekistan26.232 → 29.111+2.879
El Salvador8.068 → 9.864+1.797
Honduras9.845 → 11.428+1.583
Venezuela10.010 → 11.533+1.523
Dominican Republic4.433 → 4.986+0.553
Fell most
Argentina6.684 → 4.179−2.505
Paraguay6.823 → 5.361−1.462
Moldova6.587 → 5.301−1.286
Peru7.921 → 6.949−0.972
Kyrgyzstan11.709 → 10.749−0.960
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.
Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2003, from 2003 to 2003.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 69 countries has every column.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (2003). Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/prosperity-gap/2003
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Prosperity Gap, 2002 compilation68 countries
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Prosperity Gap, 2004 compilation75 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest prosperity gap in Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation?
Uzbekistan, at 29.111, of the 69 countries in the file.
How many countries does Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation cover?
69.
Where can I download Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Prosperity Gap, 2003 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Prosperity Gap, 2023 compilation.