Prosperity Gap, 2015 compilation

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Prosperity Gap, 2015 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	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2015 reading	22.8941	consumption	2015
2	BeninBENWestern Africa · 2015 reading	21.5055	consumption	2015
3	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2015 reading	16.0739	consumption	2015
4	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2015 reading	11.3404	consumption	2015
5	KenyaKENEastern Africa	9.2102	consumption	2015.67
6	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	8.7294	consumption	2015.5
7	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	8.6572	consumption	2015.5
8	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	6.9838	consumption	2015.27
9	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	6.7582	consumption	2015
10	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	6.7016	consumption	2015
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	6.6062	consumption	2015.5
12	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2015 reading	6.4744	income	2015
13	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	6.3996	consumption	2015.31
14	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.3855	consumption	2015.85
15	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2015 reading	6.1461	income	2015
16	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2015 reading	6.0783	consumption	2015
17	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2015 reading	5.8966	consumption	2015
18	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa · 2015 reading	5.6501	consumption	2015
19	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	5.5651	income	2015
20	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2015 reading	5.2147	consumption	2015
21	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2015 reading	4.9713	income	2015
22	TongaTONPolynesia · 2015 reading	4.2734	consumption	2015
23	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2015 reading	4.0277	income	2015
24	PeruPERSouth America · 2015 reading	3.9672	income	2015
25	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2015 reading	3.9499	income	2015

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.5216. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Benin+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Botswana+ Chile+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cabo Verde+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Gambia+ Kenya+ Saint Lucia+ Myanmar+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Nigeria+ Pakistan+ Philippines+ Togo+ Tajikistan+ Tonga+ Tunisia+ Zambia− Argentina− Australia− Burkina Faso− Cameroon− Comoros− Guatemala− South Korea− Liberia− Mexico− Mongolia− Mozambique− Mauritania− Niger− Nicaragua− Sudan− Timor-Leste− Vietnam− Yemen− 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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