Prosperity gap (average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day) by country
The average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28 per day (adjusted for differences in purchasing power parity across countries). It is measured as the average factor by which incomes fall short of $28.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
24.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
Mozambique
Lowest
0.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
Luxembourg
Median
2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,849
What the numbers show
Prosperity gap (average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 24.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day, and the mean is 4.09 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 134.5%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 71.7%).
Prosperity gap: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 24.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 22.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 16.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 16.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 14.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 13.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 7 | Ghana | 11.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2016 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 11.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Tanzania | 10.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2018 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 9.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 9.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 9.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 9.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 8.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 8.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 8.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Benin | 7.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 7.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 7.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 21 | Gambia | 6.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Syria | 6.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 24 | Venezuela | 6.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2006 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Botswana | 6.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2015 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 25 | Senegal | 6.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 6.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 5.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2018 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | 5.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 30 | Mauritania | 5.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 31 | India | 5.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 32 | Laos | 5.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 4.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 4.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 36 | Indonesia | 4.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 4.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 4.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 4.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2014 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 42 | Egypt | 3.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 42 | Morocco | 3.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2013 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 42 | Nepal | 3.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 45 | Georgia | 3.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 46 | Armenia | 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 46 | El Salvador | 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 49 | Iran | 3.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 3.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2005 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 2.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | down 49.1% | flat |
| 52 | Palestine | 2.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 2.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 2.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 55 | Mongolia | 2.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 57 | Jamaica | 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | — | falling |
| 57 | Moldova | 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Vietnam | 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Albania | 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 60 | Mexico | 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 60 | Tunisia | 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2018 | — | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 64 | China | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 64 | Panama | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 2.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2010 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 71 | Ukraine | 2.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 72 | Argentina | 2.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 2.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 75 | Serbia | 2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 75 | Thailand | 2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Bhutan | 1.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 77 | Hungary | 1.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2017 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 1.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Belarus | 1.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Chile | 1.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 80 | Lithuania | 1.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 1.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 84 | Italy | 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Spain | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 87 | Romania | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 87 | Turkey | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 87 | United States | 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 93 | Australia | 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 93 | Japan | 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2020 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 93 | Malaysia | 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 97 | Germany | 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 97 | Portugal | 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Estonia | 1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 101 | Russia | 1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 103 | United Kingdom | 0.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 103 | Poland | 0.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 105 | Czechia | 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 105 | Denmark | 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Canada | 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Finland | 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 108 | Ireland | 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 108 | South Korea | 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 108 | Malta | 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 113 | Cyprus | 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 113 | France | 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Iceland | 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Norway | 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 118 | Belgium | 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Netherlands | 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 0.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 13.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- IDA total 9.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Kosovo 7.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Lower middle income 6.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Low & middle income 5.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- South Asia 5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- World 4.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- Upper middle income 2.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
- East Asia & Pacific 2.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day
About this data
The average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28 per day (adjusted for differences in purchasing power parity across countries). It is measured as the average factor by which incomes fall short of $28.