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Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population

Countries reporting
39
Highest
76.6%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Albania
Median
6.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
389

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 76.6% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.8%, and the mean is 12.5%.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 289.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 76.6% 2019 down 0.2% falling
2 Georgia 37.4% 2021 down 2.9% flat
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 31.0% 2017 down 37.0% falling
3 Kosovo 31.0% 2017 down 37.0% falling
5 Honduras 28.9% 2019 up 20.1% rising
6 Brazil 26.6% 2022 up 100.5% rising
7 South Africa 24.1% 2021 down 45.2% falling
8 Serbia 22.6% 2022 up 33.6% rising
9 Kyrgyzstan 18.7% 2020 up 56.3% falling
10 Armenia 17.7% 2022 down 17.6% falling
11 Pakistan 16.6% 2018 up 1.5% flat
12 Ecuador 13.1% 2022 up 19.7% rising
13 Poland 12.8% 2019 up 51.9% rising
14 Colombia 10.6% 2022 up 27.4% rising
15 Indonesia 9.5% 2022 down 63.3% falling
16 Romania 9.3% 2021 down 12.9% falling
17 Republic of Moldova 8.5% 2018 up 18.0% rising
18 Panama 7.8% 2023 up 5.2% falling
19 Belarus 7.0% 2019 up 12.7% volatile
20 Mexico 6.8% 2022 down 76.8% falling
21 Côte d'Ivoire 6.3% 2021 down 83.4% volatile
22 Türkiye 5.9% 2019 down 24.5% falling
23 Sri Lanka 5.6% 2019 down 34.9% falling
24 Argentina 5.6% 2022 down 52.7% falling
25 Costa Rica 5.5% 2022 up 18.1% rising
26 Peru 5.3% 2022 down 25.9% falling
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.1% 2021 down 69.3% falling
28 Kazakhstan 5.0% 2021 up 243.1% volatile
29 Viet Nam 4.7% 2020 down 45.2% volatile
30 Paraguay 4.2% 2022 down 41.1% falling
31 Mongolia 4.2% 2020 down 41.2% falling
32 Chile 3.4% 2022 down 6.7% falling
33 Ukraine 3.0% 2020 down 53.8% falling
34 El Salvador 2.6% 2022 down 48.2% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 2.0% 2021 down 77.9% volatile
36 Uruguay 2.0% 2022 up 289.8% volatile
37 Russian Federation 1.5% 2017 up 140.5% volatile
38 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 40.0% volatile
39 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 389 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population