Prosperity Gap, 2005 compilation

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Prosperity Gap, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day	Survey measures	Survey year
1	NigerNERWestern Africa · 2005 reading	23.145	consumption	2005
2	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	19.507	consumption	2005.75
3	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	16.804	consumption	2005.33
4	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	15.520	consumption	2005.5
5	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	15.367	consumption	2005.67
6	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa · 2005 reading	12.851	consumption	2005
7	SenegalSENWestern Africa	12.447	consumption	2005.8
8	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2005 reading	12.028	income	2005
9	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2005 reading	11.715	consumption	2005
10	KenyaKENEastern Africa	11.217	consumption	2005.38
11	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2005 reading	10.368	income	2005
12	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2005 reading	9.743	consumption	2005
13	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	9.099	consumption	2005
14	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	8.898	consumption	2005.5
15	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2005 reading	8.606	consumption	2005
16	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2005 reading	8.295	income	2005
17	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2005 reading	8.255	consumption	2005
18	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2005 reading	7.963	consumption	2005
19	PeruPERSouth America · 2005 reading	7.869	income	2005
20	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2005 reading	7.517	consumption	2005
21	YemenYEMWestern Asia	7.063	consumption	2005.25
22	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2005 reading	6.727	income	2005
23	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2005 reading	6.366	income	2005
24	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2005 reading	6.278	consumption	2005
25	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2005 reading	6.167	income	2005

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.732. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ 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.

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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.

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