Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
37
Highest
88.8%
Poland
Lowest
5.2%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
49.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
372
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 88.8% in Poland; the lowest is 5.2% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.3%, and the mean is 49.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 1,054.3%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 82.0%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 88.8% | 2019 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 86.6% | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 85.5% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 85.4% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 83.1% | 2021 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 81.8% | 2020 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 7 | Mongolia | 80.6% | 2020 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 80.5% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 9 | Armenia | 80.2% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 79.6% | 2020 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 75.3% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 63.4% | 2017 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 63.4% | 2017 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 63.2% | 2022 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 63.0% | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 62.4% | 2022 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 57.7% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 51.3% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 49.3% | 2020 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 44.1% | 2022 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 40.8% | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 40.0% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 37.0% | 2019 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 34.3% | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 31.4% | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.2% | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 27.0% | 2021 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 27.0% | 2022 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 25.0% | 2018 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 24.2% | 2022 | up 146.4% | rising |
| 31 | Paraguay | 21.7% | 2022 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 32 | El Salvador | 16.2% | 2022 | up 171.6% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 12.0% | 2021 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 9.2% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 6.7% | 2019 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 6.6% | 2019 | up 1,054.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.2% | 2021 | down 56.3% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap