El Salvador vs Paraguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile

El Salvador
13.2%
in 2022
Paraguay
12.5%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
25th
Paraguay rank
28th

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile over time

  • El Salvador
  • Paraguay
0102030200820152022

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 13.2% against 12.5% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.7%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Paraguay ahead.

El Salvador ranks 25th and Paraguay ranks 28th of 34 countries.

Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Paraguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.3% 9.6% 9.3% Paraguay
2010s 0.7% 3.5% 2.8% Paraguay
2020s 13.4% 13.9% 0.5% Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile, El Salvador or Paraguay?
El Salvador, at 13.2% against 12.5% in Paraguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile between El Salvador and Paraguay?
0.7%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
5 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile?
El Salvador ranks 25th and Paraguay ranks 28th of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 340 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap