Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
35
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
1.3%
Malawi
Median
75.1%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 1.3% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.1%, and the mean is 66.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 5,654.9%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 92.2%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 5 | Moldova | 99.6% | 2018 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 98.5% | 2021 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 96.7% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Vietnam | 94.9% | 2020 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Armenia | 94.6% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 91.3% | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 89.4% | 2022 | up 283.0% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 82.4% | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 80.8% | 2022 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 79.5% | 2019 | up 203.7% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 78.3% | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 77.8% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 17 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 75.1% | 2017 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 17 | Kosovo | 75.1% | 2017 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 73.1% | 2022 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 70.9% | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.5% | 2020 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 69.4% | 2022 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia | 61.8% | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 57.8% | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Paraguay | 46.4% | 2022 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 46.1% | 2022 | up 147.1% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 44.9% | 2021 | up 115.1% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 44.0% | 2022 | up 5,654.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 41.4% | 2020 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 30 | Ecuador | 41.3% | 2022 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 11.1% | 2018 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 7.7% | 2019 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 7.4% | 2021 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 2.4% | 2022 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 1.3% | 2019 | up 1,343.7% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap