Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
71.5%
Malawi
Lowest
0.3%
Thailand
Median
4.0%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
320
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 71.5% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.3% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 7.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 220.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 813.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 77.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 71.5% | 2019 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 2 | Georgia | 28.4% | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2021 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Honduras | 13.4% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 12.8% | 2022 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 6 | Colombia | 9.7% | 2022 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 9.0% | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 8.1% | 2019 | up 104.3% | flat |
| 9 | Ecuador | 7.3% | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | 2020 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.9% | 2021 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 12 | Romania | 4.6% | 2021 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 4.5% | 2022 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Mongolia | 4.3% | 2020 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 4.2% | 2023 | up 425.4% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 4.0% | 2022 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 3.8% | 2022 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 3.7% | 2018 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 3.5% | 2019 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Paraguay | 2.8% | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 2.5% | 2020 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 2.2% | 2021 | up 455.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 2.2% | 2022 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Türkiye | 2.0% | 2019 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 2.0% | 2021 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 1.7% | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2022 | up 813.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 1.7% | 2022 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 1.6% | 2018 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 1.3% | 2022 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Thailand | 0.3% | 2021 | down 71.3% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population