Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers 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
29
Highest
34.1%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Viet Nam
Median
0.3%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
302
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 34.1% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 2.0%.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 231.7%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 100.0%).
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Domestic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 34.1% | 2019 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 5.8% | 2021 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Honduras | 5.6% | 2019 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 4 | Georgia | 3.3% | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 5 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2022 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.2% | 2018 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 7 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2022 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 0.9% | 2022 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6% | 2020 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2022 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2021 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2022 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Panama | 0.4% | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.3% | 2021 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2022 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Peru | 0.2% | 2022 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2022 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 0.1% | 2019 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2022 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 0.1% | 2022 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2019 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2021 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Poland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | 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