Zambia poverty gap at $1.9 a day was at level of 30.7 % in 2015, down from 33 % in 2010.
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, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30.7 | -6.97% |
| 2010 | 33.0 | 5.10% |
| 2006 | 31.4 | 10.18% |
| 2004 | 28.5 | 51.60% |
| 2002 | 18.8 | 5.62% |
| 1998 | 17.8 | 5.33% |
| 1996 | 16.9 | -41.32% |
| 1993 | 28.8 | -18.87% |
| 1991 | 35.5 |