Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (%) by country
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $4.20 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
56.5%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
1.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,875
What the numbers show
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (%) is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 56.5% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 6.6%.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,528.6%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 56.5% | 2022 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 50.4% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 47.6% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 46.5% | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 41.9% | 2021 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 33.8% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 32.7% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 29.6% | 2018 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 25.9% | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ghana | 25.0% | 2016 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 24.6% | 2022 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 24.4% | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.1% | 2021 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 22.5% | 2021 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 21.9% | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 20.8% | 2021 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 20.4% | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 16.2% | 2021 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 15.6% | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 13.9% | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 13.1% | 2020 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Botswana | 12.9% | 2015 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.3% | 2021 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 24 | Syria | 11.4% | 2022 | up 1,528.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Senegal | 10.9% | 2021 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 10.5% | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 10.1% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 28 | Kosovo | 7.5% | 2022 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 7.5% | 2022 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Guinea | 7.4% | 2018 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Venezuela | 7.0% | 2006 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritania | 6.8% | 2019 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 6.3% | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 5.7% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 35 | Laos | 5.2% | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 4.4% | 2014 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 4.3% | 2022 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 4.1% | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 3.7% | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 40 | Peru | 3.3% | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 41 | El Salvador | 3.1% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Indonesia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Georgia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 2.7% | 2019 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 45 | India | 2.6% | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 2.6% | 2013 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 2.5% | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 2.2% | 2019 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1% | 2024 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Brazil | 2.0% | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Panama | 2.0% | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Nepal | 1.8% | 2022 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Iran | 1.7% | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Montenegro | 1.7% | 2021 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bolivia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine | 1.4% | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Egypt | 1.2% | 2021 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | 1.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2022 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Armenia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 63 | United States | 0.9% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 65 | Belize | 0.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 0.8% | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Japan | 0.8% | 2020 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 0.8% | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | 0.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Australia | 0.7% | 2020 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.7% | 2017 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Germany | 0.6% | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 0.6% | 2023 | down 40.0% | flat |
| 74 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2025 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 0.5% | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Austria | 0.4% | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 0.4% | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Albania | 0.3% | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Chile | 0.3% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 85 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2021 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Israel | 0.3% | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 85 | Malta | 0.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2021 | down 71.4% | flat |
| 94 | Canada | 0.2% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 94 | Poland | 0.2% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | France | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2010 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 100 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Russia | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 33.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.9%
- IDA total 22.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.8%
- Lower middle income 8.0%
- Low & middle income 7.8%
- World 6.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.8%
- South Asia 2.4%
- Upper middle income 1.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 1.3%
- North America 0.8%
- High income 0.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 0.4%
About this data
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $4.20 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.