Costa Rica vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st

Costa Rica
4.7%
in 2022
Peru
9.6%
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
20th
Peru rank
18th

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
010203040200820152022

How they compare

Peru currently reports 9.6% against 4.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 4.9%.

That makes Peru's figure about 2.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 20th and Peru ranks 18th of 26 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
2010s 5.5% 0.8% 4.7% Costa Rica
2020s 15.2% 13.8% 1.4% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 9.6% against 4.7% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st between Costa Rica and Peru?
4.9%, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
5 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st?
Costa Rica ranks 20th and Peru ranks 18th of 26 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap