Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) 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 (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 246.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 5.4% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.2%, and the mean is 92.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 581.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 91.6%).
Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 246.3% | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 182.9% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 177.8% | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 169.5% | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 161.6% | 2019 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 159.7% | 2022 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 7 | Belarus | 149.4% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 148.5% | 2021 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 146.7% | 2021 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 140.3% | 2018 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 139.9% | 2022 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 122.3% | 2020 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 112.2% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 111.1% | 2020 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 107.0% | 2020 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 96.1% | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 17 | Kosovo | 88.8% | 2017 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 17 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 88.8% | 2017 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 80.2% | 2019 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 78.4% | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 21 | South Africa | 73.7% | 2021 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 71.0% | 2022 | down 66.4% | flat |
| 23 | Argentina | 66.9% | 2022 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 63.7% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 57.4% | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 57.3% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 51.0% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.7% | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 44.1% | 2022 | up 581.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Paraguay | 37.8% | 2022 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 37.4% | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 36.5% | 2018 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 33 | Indonesia | 31.9% | 2022 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 30.2% | 2022 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 35 | Malawi | 8.3% | 2019 | up 75.9% | falling |
| 36 | Honduras | 8.2% | 2019 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 5.4% | 2022 | down 91.6% | 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