Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
34
Highest
59.2%
Serbia
Lowest
2.2%
Honduras
Median
21.7%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 59.2% in Serbia; the lowest is 2.2% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.7%, and the mean is 27.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (up 226.7%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 59.7%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 59.2% | 2022 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 2 | Poland | 57.3% | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Belarus | 56.7% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 55.2% | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 5 | Ukraine | 55.1% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 53.9% | 2018 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 52.9% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 48.1% | 2021 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.5% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 45.1% | 2020 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 41.2% | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 41.1% | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 13 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 35.4% | 2017 | up 226.7% | rising |
| 13 | Kosovo | 35.4% | 2017 | up 226.7% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 29.4% | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 29.1% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 21.9% | 2022 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 21.5% | 2022 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 19.6% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 17.0% | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 15.7% | 2020 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 15.6% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 10.9% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 10.1% | 2022 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 25 | Pakistan | 9.6% | 2018 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 9.3% | 2022 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.4% | 2021 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 7.0% | 2021 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 6.9% | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 5.7% | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 31 | Paraguay | 4.9% | 2022 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.1% | 2021 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2022 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 2.2% | 2019 | up 5.0% | falling |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount