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 | |
| Bulgaria | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |||
| Croatia | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | |||
| Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Czech Republic | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Denmark | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 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 | |
| Hungary | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | ||
| Iceland | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 | |
| Norway | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Poland | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
| Portugal | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| Romania | 9.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.5 | |||
| 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 |
| Sweden | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Switzerland | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |