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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)