Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
0.1177 <$2.15 a day
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.0001 <$2.15 a day
Paraguay
Median
0.0333 <$2.15 a day
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 0.1177 <$2.15 a day in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.0001 <$2.15 a day in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0333 <$2.15 a day, and the mean is 0.0341 <$2.15 a day.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,748.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 202.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 97.3%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1177 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 2 | Armenia | 0.0979 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 3 | Moldova | 0.0821 <$2.15 a day | 2018 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0.0776 <$2.15 a day | 2018 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 5 | Romania | 0.0715 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 0.065 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0572 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0.0559 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 0.0523 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 10 | Belarus | 0.0522 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 11 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0519 <$2.15 a day | 2017 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Kosovo | 0.0519 <$2.15 a day | 2017 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0.0519 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0.0462 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 15 | South Africa | 0.0419 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 0.0403 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 0.0384 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 0.0282 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 19 | Vietnam | 0.0185 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 0.0114 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 0.0102 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 0.0059 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 0.0048 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 0.0046 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.0042 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.0039 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Peru | 0.0039 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 0.0038 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Mexico | 0.003 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 0.0029 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Panama | 0.0019 <$2.15 a day | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 32 | Bolivia | 0.0003 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.0002 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.0001 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 87.0% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)