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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2021; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 compilation covers 82 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 20.2000; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.2250. Against the 2020 compilation, 55 values changed (20 up, 35 down), 23 countries joined, 12 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2021

HighestCentral African Republic

20.2000

Lowest6 countries share it

0.0000

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, 2021 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, 2021 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2021 reading20.2000consumption2021
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa13.9700consumption2021.75
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2021 reading9.1300income2021
NigerNERWestern Africa7.6400consumption2021.5
KenyaKENEastern Africa · 2021 reading5.8300consumption2021
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa5.1000consumption2021.67
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa4.4600consumption2021.75
TogoTGOWestern Africa4.3000consumption2021.63
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa · 2021 reading4.2400consumption2021
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.5900consumption2021.57
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa3.4800consumption2021.67
BeninBENWestern Africa2.6900consumption2021.75
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2021 reading2.5100income2021
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1.6000consumption2021.75
BrazilBRASouth America · 2021 reading1.5200income2021
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.4300consumption2021.71
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2021 reading1.1800consumption2021
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2021 reading1.1400income2021
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2021 reading0.8100income2021
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2021 reading0.7700income2021
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2021 reading0.7300consumption2021
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2021 reading0.6800income2021
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2021 reading0.6600income2021
PeruPERSouth America · 2021 reading0.5900income2021
PanamaPANCentral America · 2021 reading0.5400income2021

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Central African Republic20.2000
  2. Madagascar13.9700
  3. Kosovo9.1300
  4. Niger7.6400
  5. Kenya5.8300

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.0000
  2. Thailandshared0.0000
  3. Sloveniashared0.0000
  4. Kazakhstanshared0.0000
  5. Czechiashared0.0000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.2250. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since the 2020 compilation

What changed between the 2020 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +23 / −12countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 59 in both
  • 20 · 35rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Central African Republic+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cameroon+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Guinea-Bissau+ Jamaica+ Madagascar+ Mali+ Malaysia+ Niger+ Panama+ Philippines+ Senegal+ El Salvador+ Togo+ Tajikistan+ Tonga+ Tunisia+ Uzbekistan− Albania− Australia− Burundi− Belarus− Chile− DR Congo− Comoros− Gambia− Japan− Mexico− Ukraine− Vietnam

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 2021, from 2021 to 2021.

  • 56 distinct values among 82

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 6 countries share 0.0000. 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

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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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2021). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2021

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07Questions

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 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, 2021 compilation?

Central African Republic, at 20.2000, of the 82 countries in the file.

How many countries does Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 compilation cover?

82.

Where can I download Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2021 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, 2021 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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