Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
34
Highest
85.2%
Poland
Lowest
0.9%
Honduras
Median
35.7%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 85.2% in Poland; the lowest is 0.9% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.7%, and the mean is 40.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 117.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 66.6%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 85.2% | 2019 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 84.2% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 83.3% | 2018 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 82.2% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Ukraine | 80.8% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Serbia | 79.3% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 79.1% | 2021 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 78.1% | 2020 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 9 | Armenia | 75.7% | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 71.3% | 2020 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 60.9% | 2019 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 58.4% | 2017 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 58.4% | 2017 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 56.4% | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 39.2% | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 38.7% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 17 | Chile | 37.4% | 2022 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 33.9% | 2021 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 26.6% | 2022 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 24.5% | 2019 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 21.2% | 2018 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 17.8% | 2020 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 23 | Panama | 16.3% | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 15.0% | 2022 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 12.0% | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 10.1% | 2022 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 8.8% | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 8.0% | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 5.3% | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.2% | 2021 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.7% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 2.4% | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 33 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2022 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 0.9% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap