Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)
Countries reporting
37
Highest
0.4922 poorest
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0229 poorest
Colombia
Median
0.1824 poorest
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
372
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 0.4922 poorest in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0229 poorest in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1824 poorest, and the mean is 0.2411 poorest.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 230.1%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 87.7%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4922 poorest | 2018 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.4716 poorest | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0.4641 poorest | 2020 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 0.4057 poorest | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 0.3989 poorest | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 0.3937 poorest | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 7 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3814 poorest | 2017 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 7 | Kosovo | 0.3814 poorest | 2017 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 9 | Armenia | 0.3754 poorest | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3738 poorest | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0.3701 poorest | 2020 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0.3604 poorest | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 13 | Indonesia | 0.3482 poorest | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 14 | Georgia | 0.3413 poorest | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 15 | Chile | 0.2816 poorest | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 0.2247 poorest | 2020 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 0.2134 poorest | 2019 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 0.2075 poorest | 2019 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 0.1824 poorest | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 0.1728 poorest | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 0.1712 poorest | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 0.1709 poorest | 2022 | up 158.4% | rising |
| 23 | Pakistan | 0.1697 poorest | 2018 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 0.167 poorest | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.1573 poorest | 2022 | up 213.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.1562 poorest | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1535 poorest | 2021 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 28 | Mexico | 0.1358 poorest | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 0.1303 poorest | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 30 | Paraguay | 0.1229 poorest | 2022 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.1212 poorest | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.1155 poorest | 2019 | up 230.1% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.1008 poorest | 2022 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0868 poorest | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 0.0547 poorest | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 0.0439 poorest | 2021 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 0.0229 poorest | 2022 | down 48.1% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)