Prosperity gap by country
Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
24.43
Mozambique
Lowest
0.4829
Switzerland
Median
2.55
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Prosperity gap is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 24.43 in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.4829 in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.55, and the mean is 4.19.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 134.0%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 71.1%).
Prosperity gap: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 24.43 | 2022 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 22.85 | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 16.73 | 2019 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 16.38 | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 14.43 | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 13.14 | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 11.34 | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 11.28 | 2016 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 9 | Tanzania | 10.64 | 2018 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 9.85 | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 9.76 | 2022 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 9.41 | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 9.12 | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1 | 2021 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 8.77 | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 8.62 | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 8.5 | 2021 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Benin | 7.68 | 2021 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 7.31 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 7.2 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 21 | Gambia | 6.91 | 2020 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Syria | 6.85 | 2022 | up 134.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.7 | 2021 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 24 | Venezuela | 6.52 | 2006 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 25 | Botswana | 6.39 | 2015 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 26 | Senegal | 6.37 | 2021 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 6.24 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 5.72 | 2018 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 5.7 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 30 | Philippines | 5.58 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 5.5 | 2019 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 32 | India | 5.36 | 2022 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 33 | Laos | 5.15 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 4.96 | 2022 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 35 | Guatemala | 4.79 | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 4.65 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | Indonesia | 4.56 | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 4.4 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.38 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 4.17 | 2014 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 3.97 | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 42 | Egypt | 3.95 | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 3.91 | 2022 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 44 | Morocco | 3.86 | 2013 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 45 | Georgia | 3.84 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 3.63 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 47 | Armenia | 3.61 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 48 | El Salvador | 3.55 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 49 | Iran | 3.32 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 3.07 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 3.03 | 2005 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 2.94 | 2019 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 53 | Palestine | 2.91 | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 2.78 | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 55 | Brazil | 2.75 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 2.67 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 57 | Vietnam | 2.63 | 2022 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Moldova | 2.57 | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Jamaica | 2.55 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 60 | Mexico | 2.54 | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 61 | Tunisia | 2.54 | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 62 | Albania | 2.51 | 2020 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 63 | Paraguay | 2.49 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 64 | Panama | 2.45 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 2.4 | 2022 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia | 2.38 | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 2.37 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 2.37 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 69 | Jordan | 2.26 | 2010 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 70 | Ukraine | 2.21 | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 2.09 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.07 | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 73 | Thailand | 2 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 74 | Serbia | 2 | 2023 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 75 | Bhutan | 1.95 | 2022 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 1.87 | 2017 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 1.71 | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Belarus | 1.65 | 2020 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Chile | 1.59 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 80 | Lithuania | 1.58 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 81 | Russia | 1.57 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 1.51 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 1.4 | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 1.39 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 85 | Italy | 1.37 | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 1.33 | 2023 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 1.33 | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 88 | United States | 1.32 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 89 | Spain | 1.29 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 90 | Turkey | 1.29 | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 91 | Latvia | 1.29 | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 92 | Japan | 1.2 | 2020 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 93 | Malaysia | 1.19 | 2021 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 94 | Israel | 1.18 | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 95 | Australia | 1.16 | 2020 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 96 | Germany | 1.11 | 2022 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 97 | Sweden | 1.11 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 98 | Portugal | 1.1 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 99 | Croatia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 100 | Estonia | 1.02 | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 101 | Poland | 0.9354 | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 0.8854 | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.826 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 0.8107 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 0.7729 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 107 | Taiwan | 0.6992 | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 108 | Finland | 0.6812 | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 110 | South Korea | 0.6595 | 2021 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 111 | Canada | 0.6536 | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.6299 | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 113 | France | 0.6278 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 114 | Cyprus | 0.6079 | 2023 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 115 | Iceland | 0.5892 | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 116 | Norway | 0.5522 | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 117 | Belgium | 0.5306 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 118 | Netherlands | 0.5081 | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 119 | Switzerland | 0.4829 | 2022 | up 5.9% | falling |
About this data
Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.