Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance rural in Bolivia
Bolivia: Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance rural was 41.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia, 2006–2021
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia stood at 41.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia peaked at 56.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2006.
Bolivia ranks 14th of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance rural in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6.8% | — |
| 2007 | 9.8% | +44.6% |
| 2008 | 50.1% | +412.3% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 43.5% | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 41.4% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 27.8% | -32.9% |
| 2015 | 28.1% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 35.6% | +53.1% |
| 2018 | 38.0% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 27.0% | -29.0% |
| 2020 | 41.9% | +55.3% |
| 2021 | 41.5% | -0.9% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 41.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.5%, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance rural in Bolivia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +412.3% | 9.8% | 50.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.8% | 6.8% | 56.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 33.1% | 23.3% | 43.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 41.5% | 41.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia was 41.5% in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 56.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile?
- Bolivia ranks 14th out of 34 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap