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Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) by country

Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population

Countries reporting
34
Highest
27.4%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Paraguay
Median
5.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
346

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 27.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.4%, and the mean is 6.2%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 1,892.8%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 100.0%).

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 27.4% 2021 up 2.2% rising
2 Poland 24.4% 2019 up 89.5% rising
3 Romania 19.3% 2021 up 6.5% rising
4 Kyrgyzstan 16.0% 2020 up 40.8% falling
5 Armenia 14.3% 2022 down 24.8% flat
6 Côte d'Ivoire 12.8% 2021 down 53.9% falling
7 Chile 12.5% 2022 up 1,892.8% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 10.2% 2018 up 8.9% rising
9 Serbia 8.9% 2022 up 30.5% rising
10 Pakistan 7.7% 2018 down 27.4% falling
11 Ukraine 7.6% 2020 down 23.1% falling
12 Belarus 7.1% 2019 down 30.3% falling
13 Mongolia 6.7% 2020 down 39.0% falling
14 Kazakhstan 6.4% 2021 up 599.4% volatile
15 Sri Lanka 6.0% 2019 down 7.0% falling
16 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 5.5% 2017 down 65.4% volatile
16 Kosovo 5.5% 2017 down 65.4% volatile
18 Viet Nam 5.3% 2020 up 73.4% volatile
19 Türkiye 4.1% 2019 up 84.7% rising
20 South Africa 0.7% 2021 down 95.0% volatile
21 Ecuador 0.6% 2022 down 25.4% volatile
22 Brazil 0.5% 2022 down 27.2% falling
23 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2021 down 70.7% volatile
24 Mexico 0.2% 2022 down 97.7% volatile
25 Argentina 0.1% 2022 down 99.2% volatile
26 Peru 0.1% 2022 up 114.5% volatile
27 Costa Rica 0.1% 2022 up 20.4% volatile
28 Colombia 0.1% 2022 down 52.0% volatile
29 Honduras 0.1% 2019 down 88.7% volatile
30 Uruguay 0.1% 2022 down 84.0% volatile
31 Panama 0.1% 2023 up 150.4% volatile
32 El Salvador 0.0% 2022 down 89.9% volatile
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
33 Paraguay 0.0% 2022 — volatile

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Insurance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 346 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population