Prosperity Gap, 2016 compilation

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Prosperity Gap, 2016 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	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	23.042	consumption	2016.5
2	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	15.335	consumption	2016.31
3	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	13.853	consumption	2016.77
4	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	12.985	consumption	2016.5
5	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	11.281	consumption	2016.75
6	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	10.815	consumption	2016.17
7	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa · 2016 reading	8.527	consumption	2016
8	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2016 reading	6.916	income	2016
9	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2016 reading	6.761	consumption	2016
10	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2016 reading	6.301	consumption	2016
11	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2016 reading	6.194	income	2016
12	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2016 reading	5.748	consumption	2016
13	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2016 reading	5.198	consumption	2016
14	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2016 reading	5.032	income	2016
15	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2016 reading	4.173	consumption	2016
16	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2016 reading	3.953	income	2016
17	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2016 reading	3.947	consumption	2016
18	PeruPERSouth America · 2016 reading	3.875	income	2016
19	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2016 reading	3.806	income	2016
20	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2016 reading	3.779	consumption	2016
21	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2016 reading	3.638	income	2016
22	BrazilBRASouth America · 2016 reading	3.619	income	2016
23	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2016 reading	3.607	income	2016
24	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia · 2016 reading	3.593	consumption	2016
25	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.530	consumption	2016.23

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.322. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +19 / −22countries joined / left
• 65values changed, of 65 in both
• 27 · 38rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Argentina+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ Barbados+ Ghana+ South Korea+ Liberia+ Sri Lanka+ Maldives+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Malawi+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ South Sudan+ Eswatini+ Taiwan+ Uganda+ Vietnam− 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

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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