Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
31
Highest
87.3%
Poland
Lowest
4.7%
Burkina Faso
Median
18.7%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
316
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 87.3% in Poland; the lowest is 4.7% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.7%, and the mean is 24.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 465.5%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 52.9%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 87.3% | 2019 | up 176.0% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 52.3% | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 3 | Thailand | 52.2% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 47.0% | 2021 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 39.4% | 2019 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 33.2% | 2020 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 32.9% | 2022 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.1% | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 25.9% | 2018 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 10 | Armenia | 25.0% | 2022 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 24.3% | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 23.9% | 2019 | up 465.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.1% | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 22.0% | 2018 | up 30.3% | flat |
| 15 | Peru | 20.0% | 2022 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 18.7% | 2022 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 18.3% | 2022 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 18 | Romania | 17.9% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 17.0% | 2022 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Paraguay | 16.2% | 2022 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 21 | Mexico | 16.0% | 2022 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 22 | Chile | 15.8% | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 14.8% | 2019 | up 122.3% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 14.6% | 2021 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Türkiye | 14.3% | 2019 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 26 | Panama | 14.1% | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 10.7% | 2022 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 10.1% | 2022 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 6.0% | 2022 | up 132.2% | rising |
| 30 | Viet Nam | 5.8% | 2020 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 4.7% | 2021 | down 5.7% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap