Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
37
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
1.7%
Malawi
Median
91.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
371
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 1.7% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.3%, and the mean is 74.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 731.2%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 83.2%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 99.9% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 99.9% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 99.6% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Türkiye | 99.2% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 11 | Armenia | 98.9% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.8% | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 98.4% | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Chile | 97.5% | 2022 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 96.2% | 2020 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 93.7% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo | 93.7% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 92.1% | 2019 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 91.3% | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 90.2% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 83.8% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 81.9% | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 81.0% | 2022 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 77.4% | 2022 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 64.5% | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 58.3% | 2021 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 27 | Indonesia | 57.8% | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 51.1% | 2018 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 49.2% | 2022 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 47.8% | 2022 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 31 | Paraguay | 46.8% | 2022 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 32 | El Salvador | 44.4% | 2022 | up 324.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 14.3% | 2022 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 12.6% | 2021 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.8% | 2021 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Honduras | 8.5% | 2019 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 37 | Malawi | 1.7% | 2019 | up 731.2% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap