Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor by country
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group
What the numbers show
Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 315.2% in Ukraine; the lowest is 2.6% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.3%, and the mean is 70.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 122.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 4,398.8%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 92.4%).
Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 315.2% | 2020 | up 3,226.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Serbia | 188.8% | 2022 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 170.1% | 2021 | up 422.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 144.1% | 2021 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 135.4% | 2017 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo | 135.4% | 2017 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 125.5% | 2013 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 95.5% | 2012 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.3% | 2020 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 83.4% | 2022 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 11 | Armenia | 79.4% | 2022 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 76.9% | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mongolia | 70.8% | 2020 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 69.9% | 2022 | up 39.8% | flat |
| 15 | Uruguay | 62.9% | 2022 | up 435.7% | volatile |
| 16 | El Salvador | 53.0% | 2022 | up 4,398.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 52.7% | 2022 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 51.8% | 2023 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 19 | South Africa | 50.6% | 2021 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 49.6% | 2019 | up 127.1% | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 46.7% | 2022 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 42.3% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.7% | 2021 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 26.8% | 2021 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 26.0% | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 21.7% | 2019 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 21.4% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 18.6% | 2022 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 16.9% | 2020 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 14.2% | 2019 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 9.1% | 2018 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 8.1% | 2019 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 33 | Malawi | 6.2% | 2019 | up 58.8% | falling |
| 34 | Colombia | 2.6% | 2022 | down 92.4% | volatile |
About this data
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group