Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
31
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
3.3%
Burkina Faso
Median
69.7%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
317
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 3.3% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 69.7%, and the mean is 64.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 238.8%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 71.2%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 99.4% | 2018 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 94.9% | 2021 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 91.1% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 90.0% | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 88.4% | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 87.3% | 2019 | up 126.2% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 84.3% | 2022 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 83.1% | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 75.2% | 2018 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 74.0% | 2020 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 69.7% | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 65.8% | 2022 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 64.5% | 2022 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 62.0% | 2022 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 56.7% | 2022 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 21 | Mexico | 52.9% | 2022 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ecuador | 49.4% | 2022 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 42.5% | 2021 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 35.7% | 2023 | up 184.0% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 31.8% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 27.9% | 2019 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 27.4% | 2022 | up 154.9% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 17.3% | 2022 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 10.7% | 2022 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 5.5% | 2019 | up 238.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 3.3% | 2021 | up 115.2% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap