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Poverty Gap ($2.50 a day)

The poverty gap captures the mean aggregate income or consumption shortfall relative to the poverty line across the entire population. It measures the total resources needed to bring all the poor to the level of the poverty line (averaged over the total population).

wb-indicators:1.0.PGap.2.5usd

Poverty Gap ($2.50 a day)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Dataset id
wb-indicators:1.0.PGap.2.5usd
Last verified
2026-08-16