Figure 3.4 shows the poverty gap relative to the absolute poverty (accounting for regional prices) threshold for the years 1994, 2000 and 2007. In 2007, the median poverty gap, as measured at the 50th percentile of individuals in absolute poverty, was 27% of the poverty threshold compared with gaps of 31% in 2000 and 37% in 1994 (the median poverty gap was largest in 1996, Denisova, 2011). Thus, not only has the incidence of absolute poverty declined, it also has become less pronounced.