Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
26
Highest
62.6%
Poland
Lowest
0.0%
Mexico
Median
20.2%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 62.6% in Poland; the lowest is 0.0% in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.2%, and the mean is 21.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,384.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 7,984.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 97.2%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 62.6% | 2019 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 48.8% | 2020 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 47.8% | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 45.8% | 2019 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 42.9% | 2022 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 40.4% | 2020 | up 198.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Georgia | 36.7% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 29.5% | 2021 | up 7,984.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 28.8% | 2018 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 26.9% | 2022 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 23.3% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Kosovo | 23.3% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Ukraine | 23.1% | 2018 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.3% | 2020 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 16.5% | 2019 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 12.2% | 2022 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 17 | Chile | 9.7% | 2022 | up 273.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Peru | 9.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 5.6% | 2018 | up 23.0% | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 4.7% | 2022 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 3.6% | 2022 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Türkiye | 2.3% | 2019 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 24 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2022 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Uruguay | 0.3% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2020 | down 97.2% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap