Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $5.50 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
| 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 57.8 | 59.3 | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | 55.0 | |||||||
| Cape Verde | 14.5 | |||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 44.8 | |||||||
| Gambia, The | 41.3 | 30.5 | ||||||
| Ghana | 37.9 | 25.2 | 24.4 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 67.5 | |||||||
| Liberia | 55.8 | 55.9 | ||||||
| Niger | 72.0 | 59.7 | 56.2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 52.8 | |||||||
| Senegal | 51.0 | 51.0 | ||||||
| Sierra Leone | 60.7 | 54.8 | ||||||
| Togo | 59.3 | 57.1 |