Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in International Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.4096 poorest
Moldova
Lowest
0.0024 poorest
Poland
Median
0.1776 poorest
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
266
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.4096 poorest in Moldova; the lowest is 0.0024 poorest in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1776 poorest, and the mean is 0.1845 poorest.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 174.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 222.5%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 99.2%).
Benefit-cost ratio - International Private Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 0.4096 poorest | 2018 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3668 poorest | 2020 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 0.3397 poorest | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.3369 poorest | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.2918 poorest | 2017 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 0.2918 poorest | 2017 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 7 | South Africa | 0.2753 poorest | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 0.2582 poorest | 2022 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 0.2535 poorest | 2018 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 10 | Vietnam | 0.2267 poorest | 2020 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0.2159 poorest | 2020 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 12 | Georgia | 0.2021 poorest | 2021 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 0.1892 poorest | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 0.1776 poorest | 2022 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 0.1751 poorest | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 0.1566 poorest | 2021 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 0.1319 poorest | 2021 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.1174 poorest | 2022 | down 31.2% | flat |
| 19 | Chile | 0.0978 poorest | 2022 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 0.0976 poorest | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 21 | Colombia | 0.0868 poorest | 2022 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Honduras | 0.0856 poorest | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia | 0.0683 poorest | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0581 poorest | 2022 | up 222.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.0351 poorest | 2022 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0332 poorest | 2022 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 0.0024 poorest | 2019 | down 99.2% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in International Private Transfers programs (%)