Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)
Countries reporting
36
Highest
0.5023
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0202
Colombia
Median
0.2328
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
352
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 0.5023 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0202 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2328, and the mean is 0.2731.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 151.5%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 84.0%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5023 | 2018 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.4681 | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0.4386 | 2020 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 4 | Poland | 0.4136 | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.4077 | 2017 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo | 0.4077 | 2017 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0.4013 | 2021 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 0.3964 | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 0.3962 | 2020 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 0.3886 | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3827 | 2020 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 0.3763 | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Chile | 0.3207 | 2022 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 0.317 | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 15 | Georgia | 0.315 | 2021 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 16 | Indonesia | 0.3146 | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 0.2626 | 2020 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.2366 | 2022 | up 141.1% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 0.2289 | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 0.2271 | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 0.219 | 2022 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 22 | Pakistan | 0.2128 | 2018 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 0.2112 | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 24 | Türkiye | 0.2063 | 2013 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0.1996 | 2021 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1871 | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.1864 | 2022 | up 151.5% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 0.1835 | 2022 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ecuador | 0.1793 | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 0.1785 | 2021 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 0.1594 | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.1534 | 2019 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 0.1403 | 2019 | up 134.0% | rising |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1378 | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 0.0536 | 2021 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.0202 | 2022 | down 83.7% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)