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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation covers 73 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 28.730000; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.210000. Against the 2021 compilation, 51 values changed (24 up, 27 down), 17 countries joined, 26 left.

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Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2022

HighestMozambique

28.730000

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000000

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, 2022 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 73 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa28.730000consumption2022.08
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2022 reading26.130000consumption2022
KenyaKENEastern Africa5.690000consumption2022.67
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.610000consumption2022.71
ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2022 reading5.470000consumption2022
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2022 reading4.220000income2022
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.160000consumption2022.85
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2022 reading2.100000income2022
SyriaSYRWestern Asia · 2022 reading1.380000consumption2022
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2022 reading1.110000income2022
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2022 reading0.980000consumption2022
BrazilBRASouth America · 2022 reading0.920000income2022
United StatesUSANorthern America · 2022 reading0.870000income2022
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2022 reading0.860000consumption2022
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2022 reading0.830000income2022
SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2022 reading0.730000income2022
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2022 reading0.670000income2022
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2022 reading0.660000income2022
PeruPERSouth America · 2022 reading0.630000income2022
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2022 reading0.620000income2022
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa0.600000consumption2022.61
GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2022 reading0.470000income2022
ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2022 reading0.440000income2022
SpainESPSouthern Europe · 2022 reading0.410000income2022
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading0.370000consumption2022

02In Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mozambique28.730000
  2. Zambia26.130000
  3. Kenya5.690000
  4. Nigeria5.610000
  5. Chad5.470000

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared0.000000
  2. Czechiashared0.000000
  3. Chinashared0.000000
  4. Switzerlandshared0.000000
  5. Cyprus0.000003

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.210000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since the 2021 compilation

What changed between the 2021 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +17 / −26countries joined / left
  • 51values changed, of 56 in both
  • 24 · 27rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kosovo9.130000 → 4.220000−4.910000
  • Brazil1.520000 → 0.920000−0.600000
  • Colombia2.510000 → 2.100000−0.410000
  • Georgia1.180000 → 0.980000−0.200000
  • Romania0.520000 → 0.330000−0.190000
+ Bangladesh+ Bhutan+ Chile+ Equatorial Guinea+ India+ Lebanon+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Mozambique+ Nigeria+ Nepal+ Suriname+ Syria+ Chad+ Vietnam+ South Africa+ Zambia− Benin− Burkina Faso− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Central African Republic− Côte d’Ivoire− Cameroon− Egypt− Ethiopia− United Kingdom− Guinea-Bissau− Jamaica− Kazakhstan− South Korea− Madagascar− Mali− Montenegro− Malaysia− Niger− Netherlands− Panama− Philippines− Senegal− Togo− Tonga− Tunisia− Taiwan

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 2022, from 2022 to 2022.

  • 54 distinct values among 73

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 5 countries share 0.030000. 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 73 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 (2022). Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-severity/2022

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07Questions

Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 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, 2022 compilation?

Mozambique, at 28.730000, of the 73 countries in the file.

How many countries does Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 compilation cover?

73.

Where can I download Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, 2022 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, 2022 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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