Prosperity Gap, 2009 compilation

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Prosperity Gap, 2009 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	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	15.1698	consumption	2009.25
2	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2009 reading	14.5770	consumption	2009
3	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	14.0013	consumption	2009.4
4	South SudanSSDEastern Africa · 2009 reading	13.5488	consumption	2009
5	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	13.4911	consumption	2009.67
6	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13.0137	consumption	2009.89
7	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	9.1795	consumption	2009.54
8	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2009 reading	8.7331	consumption	2009
9	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	8.4188	consumption	2009.5
10	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2009 reading	7.2593	consumption	2009
11	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.6221	consumption	2009.25
12	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2009 reading	6.4979	income	2009
13	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2009 reading	6.3716	consumption	2009
14	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2009 reading	6.1486	income	2009
15	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2009 reading	6.1172	income	2009
16	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2009 reading	5.7445	consumption	2009
17	SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2009 reading	5.7033	consumption	2009
18	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2009 reading	5.6952	income	2009
19	NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2009 reading	5.5661	income	2009
20	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2009 reading	5.4410	consumption	2009
21	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	5.4064	consumption	2009.5
22	PeruPERSouth America · 2009 reading	5.2341	income	2009
23	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2009 reading	5.1766	income	2009
24	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.1604	consumption	2009.5
25	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2009 reading	4.7865	income	2009

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.8513. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +21 / −17countries joined / left
• 62values changed, of 62 in both
• 33 · 29rose · fell
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+ Burkina Faso+ Botswana+ Chile+ India+ Iran+ Sri Lanka+ Maldives+ Mali+ Namibia+ Nicaragua+ Philippines+ Papua New Guinea+ Palestine+ Sudan+ South Sudan+ Eswatini+ Syria+ Tajikistan+ Tonga+ Uganda+ Kosovo− Angola− Albania− Australia− Central African Republic− China− Côte d’Ivoire− Egypt− Fiji− Jordan− South Korea− Mexico− Mozambique− Mauritania− Malaysia− Vietnam− Samoa− South Africa

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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