Poverty gap index at $3 a day by country
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).
Countries reporting
117
Highest
44.7%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.5%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Poverty gap index at $3 a day is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 44.7% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 3.9%.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 1,393.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Poverty gap index at $3 a day: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 44.7% | 2022 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 39.8% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 33.8% | 2019 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 32.4% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 27.6% | 2021 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 23.3% | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 18.6% | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 16.7% | 2018 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 9 | Ghana | 15.8% | 2016 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 13.6% | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 13.0% | 2022 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 12.5% | 2021 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.5% | 2021 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 10.8% | 2021 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 10.4% | 2021 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 16 | Rwanda | 10.2% | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 9.6% | 2021 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 8.2% | 2021 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 7.1% | 2021 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 20 | Botswana | 6.5% | 2015 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 21 | Honduras | 6.3% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 22 | Gambia | 5.9% | 2020 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Pakistan | 5.2% | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 5.1% | 2022 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7% | 2021 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Venezuela | 4.6% | 2006 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 27 | Senegal | 4.2% | 2021 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Syria | 4.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Guatemala | 3.4% | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2019 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2018 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Philippines | 2.3% | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 1.8% | 2014 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 35 | El Salvador | 1.7% | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Laos | 1.5% | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 1.5% | 2019 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 1.5% | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Montenegro | 1.2% | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 1.1% | 2024 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2022 | down 80.8% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 0.8% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 46 | United States | 0.8% | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 47 | Panama | 0.8% | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 48 | India | 0.8% | 2022 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Morocco | 0.7% | 2013 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0.7% | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 0.7% | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Australia | 0.6% | 2020 | up 86.2% | falling |
| 53 | Bolivia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Germany | 0.6% | 2022 | up 1,393.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Spain | 0.6% | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 0.5% | 2020 | up 103.7% | flat |
| 59 | Iran | 0.5% | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2017 | up 510.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.4% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 0.4% | 2019 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Vietnam | 0.4% | 2022 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Austria | 0.4% | 2023 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Palestine | 0.3% | 2023 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2022 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2021 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 0.3% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Romania | 0.3% | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 0.2% | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2023 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Israel | 0.2% | 2022 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2021 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Canada | 0.2% | 2022 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Poland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Norway | 0.1% | 2023 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2021 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 95 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2021 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 99 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 0.0% | 2020 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2010 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Taiwan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 | up 324.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Russia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).