Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
34
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.4%
El Salvador
Median
64.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.9%, and the mean is 56.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 266.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 207.5%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 94.8%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 99.9% | 2020 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 99.8% | 2018 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 99.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 99.4% | 2021 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 98.3% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 9 | Serbia | 98.2% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.4% | 2020 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 95.2% | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 94.3% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 94.1% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 89.2% | 2017 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 14 | Kosovo | 89.2% | 2017 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 83.1% | 2022 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 69.4% | 2022 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 60.3% | 2019 | up 132.5% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 52.5% | 2020 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 50.1% | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 43.4% | 2022 | up 207.5% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 23.0% | 2022 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 23 | Pakistan | 21.9% | 2018 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 20.7% | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 15.5% | 2021 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 11.3% | 2022 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 9.0% | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 7.9% | 2022 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 6.1% | 2021 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.1% | 2021 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2022 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 32 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.2% | 2021 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 0.9% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 34 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2022 | down 94.8% | falling |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount