Data as of 2020 for: Australia. Data as of 2021 for: Japan. Data as of 2022 for: Chile, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey. Data as of 2023 for: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States. Data as of 2024 for: Costa Rica.
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Poverty gap countries based on disposable income worldwide 2024, by country
In 2023, Lithuania ranked first by poverty gap based on disposable income among the 36 countries presented in the ranking. Lithuania's gap amounted to percentage points, while the United Kingdom (2023) and Japan (2021), the second and third countries, had records amounting to percentage points and percentage points, respectively.
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