AFGHANISTAN: Poverty in Provinces (Provincial Briefs, NRVA 2007/08)

Proportion of population whose per-capita consumption is below the poverty line

Samangan Faryab Baghlan Sari Pul Panjsher Nuristan Badghis Bamyan Parwan Kapisa Kunar Poverty Measures Laghman Ghor Maydan Kabul The headcount rate or poverty incidence or poverty rate is the proportion of Hirat Wardak Nangarhar population whose per-capita consumption is below the poverty line i.e. the Logar Poverty Rate poverty threshold of 1,255 Afs (approximately 25 USD) monthly consumption Daykundi 9 - 10 expenditure representing the typical cost of attaining 2,100 calories per person Paktya Ghazni Khost 11 - 20 per day and of meeting some basic non-food needs. 21 - 30 Uruzgan The poverty line or poverty threshold is the minimum level of per-capita Paktika National Average = 36 31 - 36 Farah consumption expenditure at which the members of a household can be expected Zabul 37 - 50 to meet their basic needs (comprised of food and non-food consumption). 51 - 60 Per-capita monthly total consumption is the value of food and non-food items 61 - 76 Kandahar consumed by a household in a month (including the use value of durable goods and housing) divided by the household size. Nimroz Hilmand The poverty gap index measures the depth of poverty, by calculating the mean aggregate consumption shortfall relative to the poverty line across the whole population. The poverty gap gives an indication of the total resources required to bring all the poor up to the level of poverty line.

Jawzjan Kunduz Poverty Gap (Depth of Poverty) Balkh Takhar Badakhshan

Samangan Faryab Baghlan Sari Pul Panjsher Nuristan Badghis Parwan Bamyan Kapisa Kunar Laghman Ghor Maydan Kabul 0 100 200 Km Hirat Wardak Nangarhar ± Logar Date Printed: 12 April 2012 03:40 PM

Daykundi Data Source(s): Paktya AGCHO, AIMS Ghazni Khost Poverty data: Uruzgan Provincial Briefs, June 2011 based on NRVA 2007/08 Paktika published by GoA/AusAID/WB Farah Zabul Poverty Gap Index (Depth of Poverty) Projection/Datum: Geographic/WGS-84 0.9 - 2.7 Disclaimers: The designations employed and the presentation of material Kandahar 2.8 - 4.2 on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations 4.3 - 7.0 concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or Nimroz Hilmand area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its National Average = 7.9 7.1 - 7.9 frontiers or boundaries. 8.0 - 14.7 Doc Name: 14.8 - 18.5 afg_provincial_profile_poverty_2012Apr4_A3 18.6 - 24.1 Feedback: [email protected] Website: http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info/mapcentre