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Poverty gap at 4.20 U.S. dollars a day worldwide from 1990 to 2024, by region (in 2021 PPP)

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Release date

January 2026

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1990 to 2024

Number of respondents

169 countries

Supplementary notes

The survey was conducted in more than 2,000 households across 169 countries in the world.

The World Bank officially stopped using the 3.65 U.S. dollars a day poverty line (based on 2017 PPPs) and switched to the 4.20 U.S. dollars a day line (based on 2021 PPPs) in June 2025.

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Poverty gap worldwide at 4.20 U.S. dollars a day 1990-2024, by region

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Feb 16, 2026

Overall, all the world regions saw a drop in the poverty gap over the past three decades. However, it was fluctuating more in some regions than in others. East Asia & The Pacific saw the most dramatic fall, from ** percent in 1990 to less than * percent in 2024. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest poverty gap in the world at percent as of 2024. The poverty gap measures how far the average poor family is below the poverty line, here set at 4.20 U.S. dollars a day in terms of 2021 Purchasing Power Parities. Hence, it not only measures general poverty but also the intensity of poverty.

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