Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)
Countries reporting
36
Highest
0.5255
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0326
Colombia
Median
0.1898
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
367
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 0.5255 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0326 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1898, and the mean is 0.2438.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 106.1%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 85.8%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5255 | 2018 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.4799 | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0.4733 | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 0.4333 | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 0.4299 | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 0.3974 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 0.3865 | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0.3773 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 9 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3666 | 2017 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 9 | Kosovo | 0.3666 | 2017 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0.3655 | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 0.3607 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3549 | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0.3417 | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 0.2716 | 2022 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 0.2268 | 2020 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 0.2075 | 2019 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 0.2024 | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 0.1772 | 2022 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 0.1698 | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.167 | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 0.1667 | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.1482 | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 0.148 | 2018 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 25 | Panama | 0.1449 | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.141 | 2022 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 0.1391 | 2022 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 28 | Mexico | 0.1307 | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1248 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1235 | 2021 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.1092 | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 0.0957 | 2022 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.0937 | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 0.0521 | 2021 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Honduras | 0.0441 | 2019 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.0326 | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)