Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%) by country
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.00 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
Countries reporting
123
Highest
44.7%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.5%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,875
What the numbers show
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%) is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 44.7% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 3.7%.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 44.7% | 2022 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 39.8% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 33.8% | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 32.4% | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 27.6% | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 20.0% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 18.6% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 16.7% | 2018 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 9 | Ghana | 15.8% | 2016 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 13.6% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 13.0% | 2022 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 12.5% | 2021 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.5% | 2021 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 10.8% | 2021 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 10.4% | 2021 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 16 | Rwanda | 10.2% | 2023 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 9.6% | 2021 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 8.2% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 7.1% | 2021 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 20 | Botswana | 6.5% | 2015 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 21 | Honduras | 6.3% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 22 | Gambia | 5.9% | 2020 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Kosovo | 5.6% | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.6% | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Pakistan | 5.2% | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 5.1% | 2022 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7% | 2021 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Venezuela | 4.6% | 2006 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 4.2% | 2021 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Syria | 4.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 3.4% | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Colombia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2018 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2019 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 1.8% | 2014 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 36 | El Salvador | 1.7% | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Laos | 1.5% | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 1.5% | 2019 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 1.5% | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Montenegro | 1.2% | 2021 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 1.1% | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2022 | down 80.4% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Georgia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 0.8% | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 47 | United States | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 0.8% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Italy | 0.7% | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0.7% | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Morocco | 0.7% | 2013 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia | 0.6% | 2020 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 53 | Bolivia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Germany | 0.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Spain | 0.6% | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 53 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2017 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Iran | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Japan | 0.5% | 2020 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Austria | 0.4% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.4% | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 0.4% | 2019 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Vietnam | 0.4% | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2021 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 69 | India | 0.3% | 2023 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2022 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Palestine | 0.3% | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Romania | 0.3% | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Belize | 0.2% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 80 | Canada | 0.2% | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2025 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 80 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Greece | 0.2% | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Israel | 0.2% | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Malta | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2021 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 91 | Finland | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2021 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Norway | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Poland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Russia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 21.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 17.1%
- IDA total 12.9%
- Low & middle income 4.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.1%
- Lower middle income 3.6%
- World 3.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.5%
- North America 0.7%
- Upper middle income 0.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.4%
- High income 0.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 0.3%
- South Asia 0.3%
About this data
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.00 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.