Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
34
Highest
75.4%
Georgia
Lowest
1.0%
Thailand
Median
31.6%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
329
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 75.4% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.0% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.6%, and the mean is 35.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 4,001.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 96.4%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 75.4% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 71.9% | 2019 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 61.6% | 2020 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 58.6% | 2019 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 57.7% | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 55.0% | 2022 | up 210.7% | rising |
| 7 | Panama | 54.9% | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 53.8% | 2022 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 52.5% | 2021 | up 171.9% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 51.5% | 2022 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 47.0% | 2020 | up 224.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 44.4% | 2018 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 43.6% | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 41.5% | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 41.1% | 2022 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 40.8% | 2022 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 32.2% | 2022 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 18 | Indonesia | 30.9% | 2022 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Uruguay | 30.2% | 2022 | up 593.9% | rising |
| 20 | Paraguay | 29.2% | 2022 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kosovo | 26.4% | 2017 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 21 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 26.4% | 2017 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 26.4% | 2021 | up 187.0% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.2% | 2020 | up 197.5% | rising |
| 25 | Serbia | 23.3% | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 22.3% | 2019 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 27 | El Salvador | 19.4% | 2022 | up 4,001.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Türkiye | 16.7% | 2013 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 29 | Honduras | 10.3% | 2019 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Pakistan | 7.1% | 2018 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 7.0% | 2020 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 6.0% | 2019 | up 1,441.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 2.2% | 2022 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2021 | down 96.4% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap