Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)
Countries reporting
35
Highest
0.6029 poorest
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
0.1931 poorest
Ukraine
Median
0.3649 poorest
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 0.6029 poorest in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0.1931 poorest in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3649 poorest, and the mean is 0.3726 poorest.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 211.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 50.3%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.6029 poorest | 2017 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 0.6029 poorest | 2017 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 3 | Argentina | 0.5113 poorest | 2022 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 0.4783 poorest | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0.4773 poorest | 2022 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 0.4662 poorest | 2019 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 7 | Belarus | 0.4618 poorest | 2019 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 0.4556 poorest | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 0.4446 poorest | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.434 poorest | 2020 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 11 | Moldova | 0.4265 poorest | 2018 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 0.4264 poorest | 2022 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 0.4251 poorest | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0.41 poorest | 2021 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 0.3928 poorest | 2021 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.3873 poorest | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 17 | Mongolia | 0.3769 poorest | 2020 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.3649 poorest | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ecuador | 0.3621 poorest | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 0.3576 poorest | 2018 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 0.3527 poorest | 2022 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.3482 poorest | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 23 | Georgia | 0.3413 poorest | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 24 | Panama | 0.3144 poorest | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.3056 poorest | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 0.2877 poorest | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.2831 poorest | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 28 | Honduras | 0.2664 poorest | 2019 | up 211.5% | rising |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 0.2584 poorest | 2020 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.2557 poorest | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 0.2521 poorest | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.2509 poorest | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 0.2357 poorest | 2019 | up 62.9% | flat |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2299 poorest | 2021 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 35 | Ukraine | 0.1931 poorest | 2020 | down 46.9% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)