Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in International Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.4145
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0022
Poland
Median
0.2119
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
259
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.4145 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0022 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2119, and the mean is 0.1921.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 186.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 165.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 99.3%).
Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4145 | 2018 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 0.3701 | 2022 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3567 | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.315 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3024 | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo | 0.3024 | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 0.289 | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 0.24 | 2020 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 0.2303 | 2018 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 10 | Georgia | 0.2271 | 2021 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 0.2257 | 2022 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 12 | Mongolia | 0.2234 | 2020 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 0.2206 | 2019 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 0.2119 | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 0.1751 | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 0.1705 | 2021 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 0.1277 | 2019 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.1229 | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0.1206 | 2021 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 0.11 | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 0.1008 | 2022 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0837 | 2021 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 0.0815 | 2018 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0782 | 2022 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.0521 | 2022 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0336 | 2022 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 0.0022 | 2019 | down 99.3% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in International Private Transfers programs (%)