Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Peru

Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st was 9.6% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
9.6%
Change on year
down 34.3%
World rank
18th
of 26 countries
All-time high
17.2%
in 2020
All-time low
0.5%
in 2019
Years of data
5
2018–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Peru, 2018–2022

0510152018202020222018: 1.1 poorest2019: 0.481 poorest2020: 17.2 poorest2021: 14.7 poorest2022: 9.6 poorest

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.

Analysis

The most recent figure for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Peru is 9.6%, measured in 2022.

The figure is down 34.3% on the previous year and up 750.4% over five years.

Peru ranks 18th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Peru, 2018 to 2022.
Year poorest Change
2018 1.1%
2019 0.5% -57.5%
2020 17.2% +3477.0%
2021 14.7% -14.9%
2022 9.6% -34.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.8% 0.5% 1.1% 2
2020s 13.8% 9.6% 17.2% 3

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 15 Sri Lanka 16.5%
  2. 16 Serbia 12.2% compare
  3. 17 Chile 9.7% compare
  4. 19 Pakistan 5.6%
  5. 20 Costa Rica 4.7% compare
  6. 21 Indonesia 3.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Peru?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Peru was 9.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2019.
How does Peru rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st?
Peru ranks 18th out of 26 countries with data for 2022.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap