In 2010, poverty gap at $1.9 a day for Guinea Bissau was 32 %. Poverty gap at $1.9 a day of Guinea Bissau increased from 23.5 % in 1991 to 32 % in 2010 growing at an average annual rate of 17.64%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 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. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Date | Value | Change, % |
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2010 | 32.0 | 59.20% |
2002 | 20.1 | 25.63% |
1993 | 16.0 | -31.91% |
1991 | 23.5 |