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Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - International 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

Countries reporting
27
Highest
8.7%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
0.7%
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
266

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - International Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 8.7% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 1.8%.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,247.0%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 8.7% 2021 down 72.3% volatile
2 South Africa 8.6% 2021 up 9.8% volatile
3 Georgia 7.2% 2021 up 95.7% rising
4 Armenia 5.4% 2022 down 31.5% falling
5 Poland 3.6% 2019 up 30.7% volatile
6 Serbia 3.5% 2022 up 1,247.0% volatile
7 Viet Nam 2.6% 2020 up 893.0% volatile
8 Honduras 1.3% 2019 down 79.0% volatile
9 Colombia 1.2% 2022 up 43.2% volatile
10 Pakistan 1.1% 2018 down 42.2% volatile
11 Kyrgyzstan 1.1% 2020 up 7.7% volatile
12 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% 2017 up 180.9% rising
12 Kosovo 1.0% 2017 up 180.9% rising
14 Chile 0.7% 2022 up 291.9% volatile
15 Mexico 0.7% 2022 down 80.0% volatile
16 Mongolia 0.4% 2020 down 51.6% volatile
17 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2019 down 26.2% falling
18 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2018 up 60.5% volatile
19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2021 down 59.5% volatile
20 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2021 down 3.8% volatile
21 Paraguay 0.2% 2022 down 81.3% volatile
22 El Salvador 0.1% 2022 down 79.3% falling
23 Costa Rica 0.1% 2022 down 72.1% volatile
24 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 — volatile
25 Peru 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
25 Ecuador 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
25 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - International Private Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 266 data points, 2003–2022
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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