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

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

Countries reporting
38
Highest
75.7%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
1.7%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
373

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 75.7% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 5.8%.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 216.1%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 75.7% 2019 down 1.2% falling
2 Honduras 26.3% 2019 up 58.9% rising
3 South Africa 23.9% 2021 up 19.6% falling
4 Pakistan 12.5% 2018 up 216.1% rising
5 Colombia 10.2% 2022 up 57.8% rising
6 Brazil 9.0% 2022 up 51.4% falling
7 Georgia 7.0% 2021 down 47.8% falling
8 Côte d'Ivoire 6.3% 2021 down 83.3% volatile
9 Ecuador 6.1% 2022 down 9.9% flat
10 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.8% 2017 down 68.0% falling
10 Kosovo 4.8% 2017 down 68.0% falling
12 Indonesia 4.8% 2022 down 81.5% volatile
13 Peru 3.2% 2022 down 49.3% volatile
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.6% 2021 down 77.0% falling
15 Serbia 2.5% 2022 up 148.9% volatile
16 Panama 2.4% 2023 down 28.3% falling
17 Paraguay 2.4% 2022 down 59.4% volatile
18 Mexico 2.1% 2022 down 88.8% volatile
19 Kyrgyzstan 1.7% 2020 down 26.9% volatile
20 El Salvador 1.7% 2022 down 64.8% volatile
21 Sri Lanka 1.7% 2019 down 73.5% volatile
22 Costa Rica 1.7% 2022 down 36.5% falling
23 Armenia 1.5% 2022 down 8.5% falling
24 Argentina 1.1% 2022 down 71.8% volatile
25 Türkiye 1.1% 2019 down 57.6% volatile
26 Viet Nam 0.7% 2020 down 88.5% volatile
27 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2021 down 89.7% volatile
28 Chile 0.3% 2022 down 83.1% volatile
29 Russian Federation 0.3% 2017 down 57.2% volatile
30 Uruguay 0.2% 2022 down 18.8% volatile
31 Belarus 0.1% 2013 down 47.0% volatile
32 Thailand 0.0% 2021 down 68.5% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 98.3% volatile
34 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 down 99.5% volatile
35 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
35 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
35 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
35 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 373 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