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Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines percentage

Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines (%). Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines is the rural population's mean shortfall from the poverty lines (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall) as a percentage of the poverty lines. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.Source:
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Country
Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)Year
1
South Africa
52.6%
2005
2
Equatorial Guinea
49.8%
2006
3
Madagascar
40.9%
2001
4
Swaziland
36.9%
2009
5
Central African Republic
35%
2008
6
Lesotho
32.2%
2010
7
Republic of the Congo
31.9%
2011
8
Bolivia
30.5%
2014
9
Togo
29.2%
2015
10
Guinea-Bissau
27.8%
2002
11
Burundi
26.9%
2014
12
South Sudan
26.5%
2009
13
Liberia
26.3%
2007
14
Cameroon
22.9%
2014
15
Chad
22.6%
2011
16
Guinea
22.6%
2012
17
Mauritania
22.3%
2008
18
Mozambique
22.2%
2008
19
Angola
21.6%
2008
20
Ivory Coast
21.5%
2015
21
Malawi
21.4%
2010
22
Sudan
21.3%
2009
23
Sierra Leone
21.1%
2011
24
Nigeria
20.1%
2009
25
Senegal
18.6%
2010
26
Botswana
18.4%
2002
27
Kenya
17.5%
2005
28
Papua New Guinea
16.4%
2009
29
Gabon
16%
2005
30
Colombia
15.7%
2015
31
Niger
15.3%
2011
32
Cape Verde
14.3%
2007
33
Peru
13.7%
2014
34
Ecuador
13.6%
2014
35
Ghana
13.1%
2012
36
Fiji
12.8%
2008
37
East Timor
12.2%
2014
38
Costa Rica
11.9%
2015
39
Namibia
11.6%
2009
40
Burkina Faso
11.6%
2014
41
Yemen
10.6%
2005
42
Benin
10.5%
2011
43
Syria
8.3%
2007
44
Ethiopia
8%
2010
45
Kyrgyzstan
7.9%
2012
46
Tanzania
7.8%
2011
47
Iraq
7.6%
2012
48
Bangladesh
7.4%
2010
49
Pakistan
7.2%
2013
50
Laos
6.8%
2012
51
Nepal
6%
2010
52
Uganda
5.9%
2012
53
Vietnam
5.9%
2012
54
Mongolia
5.8%
2014
55
India
4.6%
2011
56
Armenia
4.5%
2014
57
Moldova
4.1%
2012
58
Bhutan
3.6%
2012
59
Morocco
3.3%
2007
60
Albania
3%
2012
61
Malaysia
1.8%
2009
62
Sri Lanka
1.4%
2012
63
Algeria
0.8%
2011
64
Uruguay
0.6%
2014
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