Poverty Headcount: All Social Assistance -1st … Assistance Social in Bolivia
Bolivia: Poverty Headcount: All Social Assistance -1st … Assistance Social was 15.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia, 2006–2021
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia stood at 15.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia peaked at 22.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2006.
Bolivia ranks 13th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty Headcount: All Social Assistance -1st … Assistance Social in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6.0% | — |
| 2007 | 7.9% | +32.7% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | +158.2% |
| 2009 | 22.6% | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -53.9% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 8.5% | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 17.8% | +117.6% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | -11.4% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 15.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11.8%, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Headcount: All Social Assistance -1st … Assistance Social in Bolivia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +158.2% | 7.9% | 20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.3% | 6.0% | 22.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 7.6% | 16.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 15.8% | 17.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Bolivia was 15.8% in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile?
- Bolivia ranks 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount