Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
30
Highest
86.7%
Poland
Lowest
3.4%
Brazil
Median
18.8%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
295
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 86.7% in Poland; the lowest is 3.4% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.8%, and the mean is 23.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 297.6%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 50.7%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 86.7% | 2019 | up 297.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Thailand | 67.1% | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 52.8% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 46.5% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 29.5% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 28.9% | 2019 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 7 | Paraguay | 27.2% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 26.9% | 2019 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 25.0% | 2022 | up 165.4% | rising |
| 10 | Honduras | 24.5% | 2019 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 11 | Ecuador | 23.9% | 2022 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 21.9% | 2020 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 20.9% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 14 | Malawi | 20.9% | 2019 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Türkiye | 20.6% | 2013 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.0% | 2020 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 17 | Colombia | 16.8% | 2022 | up 164.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.5% | 2021 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 16.0% | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 13.2% | 2022 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 12.5% | 2022 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 22 | Uruguay | 12.3% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 23 | Republic of Moldova | 11.8% | 2018 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 11.4% | 2020 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Panama | 11.1% | 2023 | up 243.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2021 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 27 | El Salvador | 9.8% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 28 | Peru | 8.3% | 2022 | up 79.8% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 3.7% | 2021 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 3.4% | 2022 | up 129.6% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap