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.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Belgium | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Estonia | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
| Finland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| France | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Germany | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
| Greece | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | |
| Ireland | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Italy | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | ||
| Latvia | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| Lithuania | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Malta | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Netherlands | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Portugal | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | |||
| Slovenia | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Spain | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |