Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
31
Highest
86.7%
Poland
Lowest
3.4%
Burkina Faso
Median
18.3%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 86.7% in Poland; the lowest is 3.4% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.3%, and the mean is 23.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 246.8%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 50.3%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 86.7% | 2019 | up 212.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Thailand | 62.0% | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 47.1% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 45.1% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 43.8% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 36.0% | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 30.4% | 2020 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 29.3% | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 24.9% | 2019 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 10 | Honduras | 23.3% | 2019 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 11 | Malawi | 21.0% | 2019 | up 246.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 20.4% | 2022 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 20.3% | 2022 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.9% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 15 | Paraguay | 19.3% | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia | 18.3% | 2021 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 17 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 2022 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 16.5% | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 16.4% | 2022 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Romania | 16.1% | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 21 | Moldova | 15.5% | 2018 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 15.4% | 2022 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 15.3% | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 14.3% | 2019 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 12.9% | 2021 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 10.9% | 2023 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 10.7% | 2022 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 9.4% | 2022 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 29 | Vietnam | 9.0% | 2020 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 5.3% | 2022 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 3.4% | 2021 | down 50.3% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap