Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
38
Highest
75.0%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Poland
Median
0.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
373
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 75.0% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 4.9%.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 190.6%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 75.0% | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Honduras | 24.0% | 2019 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 23.4% | 2021 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 4 | Colombia | 7.8% | 2022 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 7.0% | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 6.9% | 2018 | up 173.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 4.9% | 2022 | up 64.3% | falling |
| 8 | Ecuador | 4.3% | 2022 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 9 | Indonesia | 4.2% | 2022 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.1% | 2021 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Peru | 3.0% | 2022 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.6% | 2021 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 13 | Paraguay | 2.2% | 2022 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Panama | 2.1% | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 1.7% | 2022 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 16 | El Salvador | 1.7% | 2022 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 1.4% | 2019 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2022 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 19 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 20 | Kosovo | 0.9% | 2017 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.9% | 2017 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 0.7% | 2020 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7% | 2020 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 0.7% | 2022 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2021 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2022 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Türkiye | 0.4% | 2019 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 0.3% | 2022 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 0.3% | 2017 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2022 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2013 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2021 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Albania | 0.0% | 2018 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Poland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population