Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
35
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.4%
Malawi
Median
56.3%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.4% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.3%, and the mean is 57.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 256.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 16,584.3%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 87.1%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 99.7% | 2020 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 96.7% | 2018 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 94.4% | 2021 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 83.3% | 2020 | up 296.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Uruguay | 83.1% | 2022 | up 222.0% | rising |
| 9 | Armenia | 80.5% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 78.8% | 2022 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 77.6% | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 76.2% | 2017 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 76.2% | 2017 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 71.5% | 2022 | up 218.7% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 70.0% | 2022 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 66.1% | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 64.4% | 2022 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 56.3% | 2019 | up 333.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Mexico | 56.0% | 2022 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 55.0% | 2022 | up 162.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.6% | 2020 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Türkiye | 52.7% | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.9% | 2021 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 42.0% | 2022 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 39.1% | 2022 | up 230.2% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 38.6% | 2021 | up 233.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 35.9% | 2022 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 33.9% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 31.0% | 2022 | up 16,584.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 13.8% | 2020 | down 85.9% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 11.2% | 2021 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 6.4% | 2018 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 4.8% | 2019 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 2.1% | 2022 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 0.4% | 2019 | up 4,076.1% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount