Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
0.6255
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
0.1321
Ukraine
Median
0.3148
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
329
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 0.6255 in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0.1321 in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3148, and the mean is 0.3442.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 311.8%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 67.7%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.6255 | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 0.6255 | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 0.5163 | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0.4736 | 2022 | up 155.8% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 0.4537 | 2022 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 0.4485 | 2019 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0.44 | 2013 | up 185.9% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4399 | 2018 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 0.4264 | 2021 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 10 | Serbia | 0.4227 | 2022 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 0.416 | 2021 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3994 | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0.3928 | 2020 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 0.3739 | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 0.3731 | 2019 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 16 | Brazil | 0.3496 | 2022 | up 126.0% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 0.315 | 2021 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 18 | Indonesia | 0.3146 | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.3116 | 2018 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0.2791 | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 0.2777 | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 0.2752 | 2022 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 0.2714 | 2020 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 0.2613 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 25 | Paraguay | 0.2584 | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 0.2564 | 2019 | up 311.8% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 0.2545 | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 0.2512 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 0.2368 | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 0.2303 | 2021 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2176 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.2164 | 2019 | up 48.4% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 0.1664 | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 34 | Ukraine | 0.1321 | 2020 | down 67.7% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)