Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
30
Highest
0.4377
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.008
Poland
Median
0.2114
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
295
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 0.4377 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.008 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2114, and the mean is 0.2191.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 147.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 95.8%).
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4377 | 2018 | up 147.0% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 0.3684 | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 0.3498 | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0.3288 | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 0.3034 | 2022 | up 59.1% | flat |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0.2995 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 0.2944 | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Paraguay | 0.2739 | 2022 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.2552 | 2022 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 0.2467 | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 0.2431 | 2019 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 12 | Türkiye | 0.2411 | 2013 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0.222 | 2020 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 0.221 | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 0.2201 | 2022 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 16 | Belarus | 0.2028 | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 0.1958 | 2022 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.1953 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 0.1911 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0.1875 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1843 | 2020 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.1776 | 2022 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 23 | Ecuador | 0.1708 | 2022 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 0.1669 | 2019 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 0.1392 | 2019 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1383 | 2021 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 0.1302 | 2022 | up 60.2% | flat |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0.0974 | 2021 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 0.082 | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 0.008 | 2019 | down 95.8% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)