Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
34
Highest
86.0%
Poland
Lowest
3.0%
El Salvador
Median
36.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 86.0% in Poland; the lowest is 3.0% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.3%, and the mean is 41.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 90.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 73.0%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 86.0% | 2019 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 84.1% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 83.0% | 2018 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 82.6% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Serbia | 81.6% | 2022 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 80.8% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 79.2% | 2021 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 8 | Armenia | 78.2% | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.2% | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 69.5% | 2020 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 60.9% | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 56.0% | 2017 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 56.0% | 2017 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 55.7% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 39.8% | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 38.7% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 38.2% | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 18 | Chile | 34.3% | 2022 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 30.2% | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 27.9% | 2022 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 27.3% | 2020 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 22.2% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 21.5% | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 21.0% | 2018 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 17.0% | 2022 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 13.5% | 2021 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 11.8% | 2022 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 9.6% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.2% | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.5% | 2021 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 8.0% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Paraguay | 5.6% | 2022 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 3.2% | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 34 | El Salvador | 3.0% | 2022 | down 73.0% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap