Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
36
Highest
89.6%
Poland
Lowest
2.4%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
55.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
352
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 89.6% in Poland; the lowest is 2.4% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.5%, and the mean is 52.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 1,033.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 91.1%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 89.6% | 2019 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 88.9% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 86.5% | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 86.0% | 2018 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 83.7% | 2021 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 82.9% | 2020 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 7 | Ukraine | 82.9% | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 80.4% | 2020 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 9 | Armenia | 79.1% | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Serbia | 79.0% | 2022 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 11 | Georgia | 75.4% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 12 | Chile | 74.7% | 2022 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 73.7% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 70.5% | 2022 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 65.9% | 2013 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 64.6% | 2017 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo | 64.6% | 2017 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 57.1% | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 53.9% | 2022 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 52.5% | 2020 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 47.6% | 2022 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 43.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 41.6% | 2022 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 38.8% | 2019 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 35.1% | 2022 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 26 | Indonesia | 30.9% | 2022 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 29.9% | 2021 | up 124.6% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 29.7% | 2022 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 27.9% | 2021 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 30 | Pakistan | 26.8% | 2018 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 20.5% | 2022 | up 725.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 10.4% | 2019 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 33 | Malawi | 7.4% | 2019 | up 1,033.4% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 7.0% | 2021 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 4.6% | 2022 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.4% | 2021 | down 46.5% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap