Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
0.5861
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
0.1643
Honduras
Median
0.3841
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
340
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 0.5861 in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0.1643 in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3841, and the mean is 0.3767.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 206.4%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 57.6%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.5861 | 2017 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 1 | Kosovo | 0.5861 | 2017 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 3 | Argentina | 0.5113 | 2022 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 0.485 | 2019 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 5 | Serbia | 0.4839 | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 0.4783 | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0.4748 | 2022 | up 206.4% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4686 | 2020 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 0.4589 | 2022 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4506 | 2018 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 0.4486 | 2019 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0.4459 | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 0.429 | 2022 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 0.4049 | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 0.4002 | 2021 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 0.391 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 17 | Romania | 0.3882 | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.38 | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 0.3773 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 0.371 | 2020 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 0.3607 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 0.3582 | 2018 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0.3377 | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.3209 | 2022 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 0.3193 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 0.3143 | 2022 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.2772 | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 0.2521 | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 0.2463 | 2020 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Chile | 0.2441 | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 31 | Mexico | 0.2179 | 2022 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 0.2114 | 2020 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1653 | 2021 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 0.1643 | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)