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Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines percentage

Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines is the urban 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
Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)Year
1
Equatorial Guinea
67%
2006
2
Central African Republic
29.8%
2008
3
South Africa
23.8%
2005
4
Liberia
20.2%
2007
5
Madagascar
19.1%
2001
6
Mozambique
19.1%
2008
7
Lesotho
17.9%
2010
8
Guinea-Bissau
16.9%
2002
9
Togo
12.4%
2015
10
Nigeria
11.6%
2009
11
Kenya
11.4%
2005
12
Niger
11.3%
2011
13
Papua New Guinea
11.2%
2009
14
Ivory Coast
11.2%
2015
15
Bolivia
10.5%
2014
16
Swaziland
10.3%
2009
17
Guinea
9.6%
2012
18
Republic of the Congo
9.2%
2011
19
Senegal
9.2%
2010
20
Burundi
9.2%
2014
21
Benin
8.8%
2011
22
South Sudan
8.8%
2009
23
Colombia
8.7%
2015
24
Gabon
8.5%
2005
25
Sierra Leone
7.7%
2011
26
Costa Rica
7.6%
2015
27
Kyrgyzstan
7.3%
2012
28
Sudan
7.1%
2009
29
Fiji
6.9%
2008
30
Ethiopia
6.9%
2010
31
Syria
6.7%
2007
32
Chad
6.6%
2011
33
Botswana
6.5%
2002
34
East Timor
5.9%
2014
35
Angola
5.3%
2008
36
Ecuador
5.1%
2014
37
Mongolia
4.9%
2014
38
Mauritania
4.9%
2008
39
Malawi
4.8%
2010
40
Armenia
4.5%
2014
41
Yemen
4.5%
2005
42
Namibia
4.4%
2009
43
Bangladesh
4.3%
2010
44
Tanzania
3.9%
2011
45
Cape Verde
3.3%
2007
46
Pakistan
3.3%
2013
47
Peru
3.3%
2014
48
Nepal
3.2%
2010
49
Albania
2.9%
2012
50
Burkina Faso
2.9%
2014
51
Iraq
2.5%
2012
52
Ghana
2.5%
2012
53
India
2.5%
2011
54
Uganda
2.5%
2012
55
Laos
2.3%
2012
56
Cameroon
1.8%
2014
57
Uruguay
1.7%
2014
58
Moldova
1.3%
2012
59
Algeria
1.1%
2011
60
Vietnam
1%
2012
61
Morocco
0.8%
2007
62
Malaysia
0.3%
2009
63
Bhutan
0.3%
2012
64
Sri Lanka
0.3%
2012
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