Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
34
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.6%
Paraguay
Median
84.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.6% in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.9%, and the mean is 62.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 176.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 185.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 93.1%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 99.9% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 99.9% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 99.6% | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 10 | Türkiye | 99.2% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.7% | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 98.5% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Uruguay | 97.7% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 91.6% | 2017 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kosovo | 91.6% | 2017 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 88.8% | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 88.4% | 2019 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 81.5% | 2020 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 77.3% | 2022 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 60.0% | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 54.6% | 2022 | up 185.9% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 47.5% | 2018 | up 160.1% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 35.3% | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 32.3% | 2022 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 24.9% | 2021 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 15.8% | 2022 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 27 | South Africa | 12.6% | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 12.4% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.8% | 2021 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 8.2% | 2022 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.6% | 2021 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 0.8% | 2019 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2022 | down 93.1% | falling |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.6% | 2022 | down 47.0% | rising |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap