Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
31
Highest
0.3468
Romania
Lowest
0.0055
Poland
Median
0.2302
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
316
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 0.3468 in Romania; the lowest is 0.0055 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2302, and the mean is 0.2216.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 101.1%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 97.5%).
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 0.3468 | 2021 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 0.3228 | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 0.308 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2919 | 2018 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 0.2776 | 2020 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2693 | 2020 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 7 | Georgia | 0.2671 | 2021 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 0.2594 | 2020 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2593 | 2021 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 0.2579 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 0.2409 | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0.2363 | 2019 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 13 | El Salvador | 0.2345 | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 0.2334 | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 0.2322 | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 16 | Ecuador | 0.2302 | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 0.2272 | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.2181 | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.218 | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 0.2176 | 2018 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 0.2171 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 22 | Honduras | 0.2165 | 2019 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 0.2129 | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 0.2044 | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 25 | Panama | 0.1865 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 0.1681 | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 27 | Türkiye | 0.1557 | 2019 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 0.1487 | 2022 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.1067 | 2019 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.0978 | 2021 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 0.0055 | 2019 | down 97.5% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)