Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan
Bhutan: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan, 2003–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 99.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan peaked at 5.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2022.
Bhutan ranks 114th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 2.5% | 5.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More poverty & inequality data for Bhutan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.46 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,552 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.278 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 34.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1103 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1103 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1231 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2858 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Bhutan was 0.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Bhutan ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).