Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)
Countries reporting
37
Highest
0.399 <$2.15 a day
Malawi
Lowest
0.0056 <$2.15 a day
Colombia
Median
0.0415 <$2.15 a day
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
372
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 0.399 <$2.15 a day in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0056 <$2.15 a day in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0415 <$2.15 a day, and the mean is 0.0572 <$2.15 a day.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 176.5%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 85.5%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 0.399 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | up 55.4% | flat |
| 2 | Georgia | 0.169 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1213 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.1192 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 5 | Indonesia | 0.1086 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0864 <$2.15 a day | 2018 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0.082 <$2.15 a day | 2018 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 0.0709 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 9 | Serbia | 0.0669 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 10 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0635 <$2.15 a day | 2017 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Kosovo | 0.0635 <$2.15 a day | 2017 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0.0602 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0.0576 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0556 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 0.0535 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 0.053 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 17 | Belarus | 0.0514 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 18 | South Africa | 0.0419 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Honduras | 0.0415 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0.0409 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | up 176.5% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 0.038 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 0.0378 <$2.15 a day | 2020 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.0324 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 24 | Türkiye | 0.0289 <$2.15 a day | 2019 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 0.0255 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 26 | Chile | 0.0251 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0184 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 0.0165 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 29 | Mexico | 0.0147 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 0.0142 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Panama | 0.0118 <$2.15 a day | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 0.0094 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 0.0088 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0.0085 <$2.15 a day | 2021 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 0.0079 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Paraguay | 0.0073 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 0.0056 <$2.15 a day | 2022 | down 56.5% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in SPL programs (%)