Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
0.5239
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0298
Honduras
Median
0.1424
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 0.5239 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0298 in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1424, and the mean is 0.2037.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 44.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 53.7%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5239 | 2018 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.475 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0.4699 | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 0.4324 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 0.426 | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 0.3771 | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 0.3736 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.348 | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3416 | 2017 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 9 | Kosovo | 0.3416 | 2017 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 0.3198 | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 0.3142 | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 0.202 | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 0.1978 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 0.1907 | 2022 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 0.1778 | 2020 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 0.1465 | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 0.1383 | 2018 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 0.1284 | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1269 | 2021 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.1143 | 2022 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 0.0907 | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 0.0893 | 2021 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 0.087 | 2022 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.0702 | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 0.0688 | 2022 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 0.0678 | 2022 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 28 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0545 | 2021 | down 38.9% | flat |
| 29 | South Africa | 0.0521 | 2021 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 0.051 | 2022 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.0354 | 2022 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 32 | Paraguay | 0.0337 | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 0.0304 | 2022 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 34 | Honduras | 0.0298 | 2019 | down 45.1% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)