Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - All Social Assistance by country

Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)

Countries reporting
33
Highest
2.32
Georgia
Lowest
0.0372
Colombia
Median
0.6643
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
319

What the numbers show

Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 2.32 in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0372 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6643, and the mean is 0.7848.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 15,820.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 88.7%).

Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - All: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 2.32 2021 up 69.7% rising
2 Serbia 1.84 2022 down 4.5% volatile
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.61 2017 up 34.7% rising
3 Kosovo 1.61 2017 up 34.7% rising
5 Mongolia 1.49 2020 up 201.7% rising
6 Poland 1.37 2012 up 8.7% rising
7 Armenia 1.26 2022 up 73.0% rising
8 Argentina 1.16 2022 up 67.7% rising
9 Ukraine 1.15 2016 up 295.1% volatile
10 Brazil 1.08 2022 up 77.3% rising
11 Kazakhstan 1.07 2021 up 175.2% volatile
12 Uruguay 1.04 2022 up 6,659.0% volatile
13 Kyrgyzstan 0.9612 2020 up 122.4% rising
14 Mexico 0.8432 2022 up 33.6% flat
15 Panama 0.8203 2023 up 91.5% rising
16 Chile 0.8098 2022 up 146.9% rising
17 El Salvador 0.6643 2022 up 15,820.1% volatile
18 Costa Rica 0.6245 2022 up 263.5% volatile
19 Ecuador 0.5769 2022 up 48.3% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4697 2021 down 31.4% volatile
21 Indonesia 0.4619 2022 up 33.0% rising
22 Dominican Republic 0.4582 2021 up 89.5% rising
23 Sri Lanka 0.3653 2019 up 188.5% rising
24 Peru 0.3372 2022 up 155.2% rising
25 Paraguay 0.3265 2022 up 196.0% volatile
26 Thailand 0.2917 2019 up 117.9% rising
27 Viet Nam 0.2916 2020 up 794.3% volatile
28 Türkiye 0.1317 2019 down 55.3% rising
29 Belarus 0.1204 2013 down 88.5% volatile
30 Pakistan 0.1188 2018 down 34.1% falling
31 Honduras 0.1116 2019 down 37.0% volatile
32 Malawi 0.0708 2019 up 1,425.7% volatile
33 Colombia 0.0372 2022 down 88.7% volatile

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - All Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 319 data points, 2004–2023
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Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)