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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2006; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation covers 82 countries. Zambia is highest, at 26.57000; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 0.26500. Against the 2005 compilation, 58 values changed (15 up, 43 down), 23 countries joined, 22 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2006

HighestZambia

26.57000

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 82 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa26.57000consumption2006.5
BurundiBDIEastern Africa · 2006 reading19.80000consumption2006
TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2006 reading16.67000consumption2006
MaliMLIWestern Africa13.29000consumption2006.25
HondurasHNDCentral America · 2006 reading8.26000income2006
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading5.09000consumption2006
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2006 reading5.02000income2006
PeruPERSouth America · 2006 reading4.50000income2006
PanamaPANCentral America · 2006 reading4.09000income2006
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2006 reading3.30000consumption2006
VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2006 reading3.16000income2006
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading3.00000income2006
KiribatiKIRMicronesia · 2006 reading2.82000consumption2006
BrazilBRASouth America · 2006 reading2.32000income2006
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading2.31000consumption2006
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2006 reading2.27000income2006
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2006 reading2.14000income2006
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2006 reading2.08000consumption2006
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2006 reading1.99000income2006
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2006 reading1.98000income2006
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2006 reading1.81000income2006
GuatemalaGTMCentral America · 2006 reading1.70000income2006
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2006 reading1.34000income2006
Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2006 reading1.05000income2006
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2006 reading1.01000income2006

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Zambia26.57000
  2. Burundi19.80000
  3. Togo16.67000
  4. Mali13.29000
  5. Honduras8.26000

Lowest

  1. Syriashared0.00000
  2. Germanyshared0.00000
  3. Luxembourg0.00003
  4. Cyprus0.00085
  5. Montenegroshared0.01000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.26500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 compilation

What changed between the 2005 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +23 / −22countries joined / left
  • 58values changed, of 59 in both
  • 15 · 43rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Bulgaria+ Switzerland+ Chile+ Guatemala+ Iraq+ Jordan+ Kiribati+ South Korea+ Sri Lanka+ Morocco+ Mali+ Malta+ Mauritius+ Malaysia+ Philippines+ Seychelles+ Syria+ Togo+ Thailand+ Uruguay+ Vietnam+ Zambia− Albania− Azerbaijan− Bangladesh− China− Republic of the Congo− Colombia− Micronesia− Gabon− Ghana− Kenya− Madagascar− Niger− Nicaragua− Pakistan− Rwanda− Senegal− Solomon Islands− Tunisia− Taiwan− Uganda− Yemen− South Africa

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2006, from 2006 to 2006.

  • 58 distinct values among 82

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 5 countries share 0.06000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 82 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2006). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2006

07Questions

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest poverty severity ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation?

Zambia, at 26.57000, of the 82 countries in the file.

How many countries does Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation cover?

82.

Where can I download Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2006 compilation the newest?

No. The newest held here is Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2023 compilation.

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