Latest available · compiled 2022
Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2022; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation covers 73 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 24.428; Luxembourg is lowest, at 0.430. The middle country reads 2.118. Against the 2021 compilation, 56 values changed (26 up, 30 down), 17 countries joined, 26 left.
Prosperity Gap · Latest available · compiled 2022
HighestMozambique
24.428LowestLuxembourg
0.430Shaded 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, 2022 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 73 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOZEastern Africa | 24.428 | consumption | 2022.08 |
| 2 | ZMBEastern Africa · 2022 reading | 22.853 | consumption | 2022 |
| 3 | KENEastern Africa | 9.850 | consumption | 2022.67 |
| 4 | NGAWestern Africa | 9.756 | consumption | 2022.71 |
| 5 | TCDMiddle Africa · 2022 reading | 9.488 | consumption | 2022 |
| 6 | XKXSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 7.461 | income | 2022 |
| 7 | SYRWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 6.846 | consumption | 2022 |
| 8 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 5.704 | consumption | 2022.85 |
| 9 | INDSouthern Asia | 5.364 | consumption | 2022.58 |
| 10 | KGZCentral Asia · 2022 reading | 5.106 | consumption | 2022 |
| 11 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading | 5.097 | consumption | 2022 |
| 12 | BGDSouthern Asia · 2022 reading | 4.962 | consumption | 2022 |
| 13 | COLSouth America · 2022 reading | 4.890 | income | 2022 |
| 14 | TJKCentral Asia · 2022 reading | 4.834 | consumption | 2022 |
| 15 | GEOWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 4.751 | consumption | 2022 |
| 16 | GNQMiddle Africa | 4.734 | consumption | 2022.61 |
| 17 | LBNWestern Asia | 4.211 | consumption | 2022.8 |
| 18 | ARMWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 4.034 | consumption | 2022 |
| 19 | NPLSouthern Asia | 3.909 | consumption | 2022.5 |
| 20 | SLVCentral America · 2022 reading | 3.833 | income | 2022 |
| 21 | PERSouth America · 2022 reading | 3.696 | income | 2022 |
| 22 | UZBCentral Asia · 2022 reading | 3.591 | income | 2022 |
| 23 | IRNSouthern Asia | 3.445 | consumption | 2022.23 |
| 24 | ECUSouth America · 2022 reading | 3.277 | income | 2022 |
| 25 | BRASouth America · 2022 reading | 3.208 | income | 2022 |
| 26 | MEXCentral America · 2022 reading | 2.886 | income | 2022 |
| 27 | PRYSouth America · 2022 reading | 2.883 | income | 2022 |
| 28 | MNGEastern Asia · 2022 reading | 2.673 | consumption | 2022 |
| 29 | BOLSouth America · 2022 reading | 2.635 | income | 2022 |
| 30 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading | 2.634 | consumption | 2022 |
| 31 | MDAEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 2.563 | consumption | 2022 |
| 32 | SURSouth America · 2022 reading | 2.535 | consumption | 2022 |
| 33 | DOMCaribbean · 2022 reading | 2.457 | income | 2022 |
| 34 | SRBSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 2.406 | income | 2022 |
| 35 | CHNEastern Asia · 2022 reading | 2.391 | consumption | 2022 |
| 36 | CRICentral America · 2022 reading | 2.306 | income | 2022 |
| 37 | ARGSouth America · 2022 reading | 2.118 | income | 2022 |
| 38 | BTNSouthern Asia · 2022 reading | 1.946 | consumption | 2022 |
| 39 | THASouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading | 1.895 | consumption | 2022 |
| 40 | CHLSouth America · 2022 reading | 1.800 | income | 2022 |
| 41 | TURWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 1.797 | income | 2022 |
| 42 | ROUEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.726 | income | 2022 |
| 43 | SVKEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.669 | income | 2022 |
| 44 | USANorthern America · 2022 reading | 1.562 | income | 2022 |
| 45 | BGREastern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.469 | income | 2022 |
| 46 | URYSouth America · 2022 reading | 1.459 | income | 2022 |
| 47 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.443 | income | 2022 |
| 48 | SWENorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.426 | income | 2022 |
| 49 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.257 | income | 2022 |
| 50 | HRVSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.253 | income | 2022 |
| 51 | LVANorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.219 | income | 2022 |
| 52 | ITASouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.218 | income | 2022 |
| 53 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.215 | income | 2022 |
| 54 | ISRWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 1.184 | income | 2022 |
| 55 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.182 | income | 2022 |
| 56 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.118 | income | 2022 |
| 57 | DEUWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.108 | income | 2022 |
| 58 | RUSEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 1.095 | income | 2022 |
| 59 | POLEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.991 | income | 2022 |
| 60 | CZEEastern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.796 | income | 2022 |
| 61 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.725 | income | 2022 |
| 62 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.685 | income | 2022 |
| 63 | MLTSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.684 | income | 2022 |
| 64 | NORNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.660 | income | 2022 |
| 65 | CANNorthern America · 2022 reading | 0.654 | income | 2022 |
| 66 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.638 | income | 2022 |
| 67 | CYPWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 0.636 | income | 2022 |
| 68 | FRAWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.629 | income | 2022 |
| 69 | AUTWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.608 | income | 2022 |
| 70 | FINNorthern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.606 | income | 2022 |
| 71 | BELWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.534 | income | 2022 |
| 72 | CHEWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.483 | income | 2022 |
| 73 | LUXWestern Europe · 2022 reading | 0.430 | income | 2022 |
02In Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Mozambique24.428
- 2
Zambia22.853
- 3
Kenya9.850
- 4
Nigeria9.756
- 5
Chad9.488
Lowest
- 73
Luxembourg0.430
- 72
Switzerland0.483
- 71
Belgium0.534
- 70
Finland0.606
- 69
Austria0.608
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.118. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032021 → 2022
Since the 2021 compilation
What changed between the 2021 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +17 / −26countries joined / left
- 56values changed, of 56 in both
- 26 · 30rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
United States0.793 → 1.562+0.769
Sweden1.067 → 1.426+0.359
Slovakia1.317 → 1.669+0.352
Estonia0.949 → 1.182+0.233
Lithuania1.015 → 1.215+0.201
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
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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 2022, from 2022 to 2022.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 73 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2022). Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/prosperity-gap/2022
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07Questions
Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest prosperity gap in Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation?
Mozambique, at 24.428, of the 73 countries in the file.
How many countries does Prosperity Gap, 2022 compilation cover?
73.
Where can I download Prosperity Gap, 2022 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, 2022 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Prosperity Gap, 2023 compilation.