Poverty Gap (PG) and Squared Poverty Gap (SPG) have been calculated by CBN method using lower and upper poverty lines.

1. Minhazur Rahman Rezvi
Development Studies
University of Dhaka
Poverty Gap (PG) and Squared Poverty Gap
(SPG) in Bangladesh

2. Poverty Gap (PG) and Squared Poverty Gap
(SPG)
• The Poverty Gap (PG) estimates the depth of poverty in the
population. The HCR gives only the percentage value of
poverty incidences, but it does not measure the distance of
the poverty prone households from the poverty line.
• The Squared Poverty Gap (SPG) measures the severity of
the poverty. It has been estimated by FGT method using
both lower and upper poverty lines.

3. 5
6.5
5.4
7.4
3.9
4.3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2016 2010
Poverty Gap(Using Upper Poverty Line)
National
Rural
Urban

4. 2.3
3.1
2.6
3.7
1.3 1.3
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
2016 2010
Poverty Gap(Using Lower Poverty Line)
National
Rural
Urban

5. 5.5
3.5 3.2
5.2
6.4
5.9
11.9
2.6
9.8
5.1
6.2 6.4 6.2
10.1
4.7
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Poverty Gap(Using Upper Poverty Line in
Divisions)
2016
2010

6. 2.7
1.5
1.2
1.9
2.8
2.3
6.3
1.8
5.4
2.2
2.7 2.7 2.8
5
3.3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Poverty Gap(Using Lower Poverty Line in
Divisions)
2016
2010

7. 1.5
2
1.7
2.2
1.2
1.3
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
2016 2010
Squared Poverty Gap(Using Upper Poverty
Line)
National
Rural
Urban

8. 0.6
0.8
0.7
1
0.4 0.4
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
2016 2010
Squared Poverty Gap(Using Lower Poverty
Line)
National
Rural
Urban

9. 1.8
1 0.9
1.5
1.9
1.6
4.2
0.7
3.4
1.5
1.8
2 1.9
3.2
1.3
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Squard Poverty Gap(Using Upper Poverty Line
in Divisions)
2016
2010

10. 0.8
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.6
2
0.4
1.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.7
1.2
0.9
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Squared Poverty Gap(Using lower Poverty Line
in Divisions)
2016
2010

11. 9.9
19.9
29.6
34.2
29.5
28.3
15.1
24.4
35.1
44
37.2
25.2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
(1-2) (3-4) (5-6) (7-8) (9-10) (11+)
Incindence of Poverty by size of
Household(using Upper poverty line)
2016
2010

12. 4.4
9.6
16.2
20.2
17.9
21
7.5
11.8
19.7
28.2
21.9
15.6
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
(1-2) (3-4) (5-6) (7-8) (9-10) (11+)
Incindence of Poverty by size of
Household(using lower poverty line)
2016
2010

13. 24.5
28.8
24.6
20.1 20.6
35.6
37
31.4
25.8
28.1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
<=29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Incindence of Poverty by Age of Head of
Household (using upper poverty line)
2016
2010
24.5
28.8
24.6
20.1 20.6
35.6
37
31.4
25.8
28.1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
<=29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Incindence of Poverty by Age of Head of
Household (using upper poverty line)
2016
2010

14. 13
15.7
12.9
10.1
11.1
19.4
21.6
17.3
13.7
15.6
0
5
10
15
20
25
<=29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Incindence of Poverty by Age of Head of
Household (using lower poverty line)
2016
2010

15. 13.2
10.4
12.9
8.5
15.2
12.6
14.9
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Incidence of Poverty (CBN) by Selected
Household Characteristics(using lower poverty
line)
2016

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