| Country | |
Definition | |
| Period | mid-70s | mid-80s | around 1990 | mid-90s | around 2000 | mid-2000s |
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| Poverty threshold | Poverty Measure | | | | | | | |
| 40 per cent of the current median income | Poverty rate after taxes and transfers | | 10.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 |
| Mean poverty gap after taxes and transfers | | 35.0 | 32.1 | 33.2 | 34.6 | 35.7 | 40.7 |
| Poverty rate before taxes and transfers | | 19.1 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 20.7 | 21.7 |
| Mean poverty gap before taxes and transfers | | 64.5 | 63.8 | 62.1 | 63.3 | 59.2 | 62.3 |
| 50 per cent of the current median income | Poverty rate after taxes and transfers | | 15.4 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| Mean poverty gap after taxes and transfers | | 34.8 | 33.6 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 34.7 | 38.3 |
| Poverty rate before taxes and transfers | | 23.0 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 25.4 | 26.3 |
| Mean poverty gap before taxes and transfers | | 61.1 | 60.7 | 59.3 | 60.4 | 56.8 | 59.4 |
| 60 per cent of the current median income | Poverty rate after taxes and transfers | | 21.2 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 23.8 | 23.7 | 23.9 |
| Mean poverty gap after taxes and transfers | | 35.3 | 36.5 | 35.8 | 34.1 | 35.0 | 37.3 |
| Poverty rate before taxes and transfers | | 27.4 | 30.3 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 31.0 |
| Mean poverty gap before taxes and transfers | | 56.5 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 57.8 | 55.7 | 57.9 |