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

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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
11.6%
South Africa
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
0.6%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
212

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 11.6% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 2.3%.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 118.7%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 11.6% 2021 down 39.0% falling
2 Indonesia 8.9% 2022 — falling
3 Colombia 8.8% 2022 up 22.5% rising
4 Georgia 5.6% 2021 down 56.2% falling
5 El Salvador 5.1% 2022 down 54.0% falling
6 Kyrgyzstan 4.3% 2018 — volatile
7 Honduras 2.7% 2017 down 22.7% falling
8 Sri Lanka 2.6% 2019 down 62.7% volatile
9 Peru 2.3% 2022 down 43.5% falling
10 Serbia 1.4% 2022 — volatile
11 Panama 0.8% 2023 up 118.7% volatile
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 down 89.4% volatile
13 Mexico 0.6% 2022 down 96.2% volatile
14 Brazil 0.4% 2022 up 108.3% volatile
15 Costa Rica 0.2% 2022 down 63.3% volatile
16 Russian Federation 0.1% 2017 down 78.8% volatile
17 Chile 0.1% 2022 down 93.6% volatile
18 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 42.0% volatile
19 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
19 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
19 Paraguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
19 Ecuador 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
19 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 212 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

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