Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
34
Highest
49.5%
Georgia
Lowest
0.1%
Thailand
Median
10.7%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
340
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 49.5% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.1% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.7%, and the mean is 13.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 424.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 49,905.4%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 98.3%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 49.5% | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 34.0% | 2019 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 30.4% | 2020 | up 49.2% | flat |
| 4 | Romania | 25.7% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 25.3% | 2022 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 25.2% | 2019 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 21.8% | 2021 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 19.1% | 2020 | up 219.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 18.9% | 2018 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 17.4% | 2022 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Armenia | 16.0% | 2022 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 15.3% | 2023 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.5% | 2021 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 12.8% | 2022 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 11.9% | 2021 | up 185.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Argentina | 11.8% | 2022 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 11.6% | 2022 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 9.8% | 2022 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Ecuador | 8.8% | 2022 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 20 | Uruguay | 7.9% | 2022 | up 291.0% | rising |
| 21 | Paraguay | 7.6% | 2022 | up 1,110.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Ukraine | 7.2% | 2020 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 7.2% | 2022 | up 49,905.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Serbia | 7.0% | 2022 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 6.2% | 2022 | up 30,415.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.2% | 2017 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 26 | Kosovo | 5.2% | 2017 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 28 | Türkiye | 4.7% | 2019 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5% | 2020 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 4.5% | 2019 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2018 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2019 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2021 | down 98.3% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount