Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
36
Highest
88.9%
Poland
Lowest
5.1%
Honduras
Median
49.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
367
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 88.9% in Poland; the lowest is 5.1% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.9%, and the mean is 49.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 106.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 85.8%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 88.9% | 2019 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 86.4% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 85.3% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 84.6% | 2018 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 82.7% | 2021 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 82.4% | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 7 | Ukraine | 81.8% | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 81.0% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 79.1% | 2020 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 78.1% | 2020 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 75.4% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 63.0% | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 62.6% | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 60.1% | 2022 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 15 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 60.0% | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 15 | Kosovo | 60.0% | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 55.6% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 51.3% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 48.6% | 2020 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 20 | Panama | 46.3% | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 40.6% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 40.4% | 2022 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 40.0% | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 30.3% | 2019 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 29.8% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 29.2% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 26.0% | 2021 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 23.4% | 2022 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 22.8% | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 19.9% | 2022 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 31 | Paraguay | 16.9% | 2022 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 15.6% | 2022 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 13.5% | 2021 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 12.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.6% | 2021 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Honduras | 5.1% | 2019 | down 85.8% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap