Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (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
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 35.1% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.4% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 3.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,572.8%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 92.5%).
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 35.1% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 2 | Georgia | 19.8% | 2021 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 6.2% | 2021 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Honduras | 6.0% | 2019 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 6.0% | 2022 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 5.2% | 2019 | up 220.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3.3% | 2022 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 3.3% | 2020 | up 565.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Colombia | 2.9% | 2022 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.3% | 2020 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 2.2% | 2020 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 12 | Romania | 1.7% | 2021 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 13 | Ecuador | 1.7% | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 14 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2018 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2022 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Belarus | 1.2% | 2019 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Panama | 1.1% | 2023 | up 153.2% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2022 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9% | 2021 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0.9% | 2021 | up 280.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2021 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 22 | Chile | 0.8% | 2022 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2019 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Paraguay | 0.7% | 2022 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Türkiye | 0.7% | 2019 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 26 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2018 | up 1,044.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2021 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2022 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 0.5% | 2022 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2022 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Uruguay | 0.4% | 2022 | up 1,572.8% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population