Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
26
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
74.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.6%, and the mean is 59.4%.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 708.4%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 100.0%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 99.3% | 2018 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 98.2% | 2018 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 7 | Serbia | 95.3% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 94.6% | 2020 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Armenia | 94.3% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 93.7% | 2021 | up 708.4% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 80.5% | 2022 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 75.1% | 2017 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 75.1% | 2017 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 74.2% | 2019 | up 275.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Georgia | 69.4% | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 63.7% | 2020 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 42.3% | 2019 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 24.2% | 2022 | up 610.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 22.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 17.9% | 2022 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 10.4% | 2018 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 9.7% | 2022 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 1.8% | 2022 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 1.1% | 2022 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.2% | 2020 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap