Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
35
Highest
75.3%
Georgia
Lowest
0.9%
Thailand
Median
24.6%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 75.3% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.9% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.6%, and the mean is 28.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 5,890.8%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 96.1%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 75.3% | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 66.8% | 2019 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 56.7% | 2020 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 51.6% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 49.6% | 2019 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 48.9% | 2021 | up 171.3% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 43.8% | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 41.6% | 2020 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 40.4% | 2022 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 40.0% | 2018 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 36.9% | 2022 | up 158.5% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 30.7% | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 28.1% | 2022 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 28.0% | 2022 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 27.8% | 2022 | up 219.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Indonesia | 27.0% | 2022 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 26.1% | 2021 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 18 | Ecuador | 24.6% | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 19 | Uruguay | 23.8% | 2022 | up 566.7% | rising |
| 20 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 23.3% | 2017 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 20 | Kosovo | 23.3% | 2017 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.0% | 2020 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 20.7% | 2019 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 20.6% | 2021 | up 152.4% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 20.6% | 2022 | up 231.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia | 20.1% | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 19.9% | 2022 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 28 | El Salvador | 14.8% | 2022 | up 5,890.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Türkiye | 11.0% | 2019 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 9.2% | 2020 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 5.9% | 2019 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 5.7% | 2018 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 5.4% | 2019 | up 1,418.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 1.4% | 2022 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Thailand | 0.9% | 2021 | down 96.1% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap