Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)
Countries reporting
31
Highest
0.4831
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0111
Colombia
Median
0.1943
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
292
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 0.4831 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0111 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1943, and the mean is 0.2206.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 108.7%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 51.7%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4831 | 2018 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.4472 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0.4326 | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 4 | Poland | 0.385 | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 0.3802 | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3737 | 2020 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 7 | Romania | 0.3731 | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0.3689 | 2021 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3687 | 2017 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 9 | Kosovo | 0.3687 | 2017 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0.3591 | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 0.3262 | 2022 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.291 | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 0.259 | 2022 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 0.1983 | 2020 | up 31.7% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 0.1943 | 2018 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 0.1916 | 2013 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 0.177 | 2021 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 0.1721 | 2019 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1389 | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 0.1168 | 2022 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.0942 | 2022 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0.0678 | 2022 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.0536 | 2021 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.0488 | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 0.0485 | 2019 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 0.04 | 2022 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 0.034 | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 0.0199 | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0153 | 2021 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 0.0111 | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)