Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
36
Highest
64.1%
Poland
Lowest
2.9%
Honduras
Median
32.7%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
367
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 64.1% in Poland; the lowest is 2.9% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 32.7%, and the mean is 32.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 138.3%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 86.6%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 64.1% | 2019 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 61.8% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 60.9% | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 4 | Serbia | 60.3% | 2022 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 57.5% | 2018 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 56.0% | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 55.8% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 55.5% | 2020 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 54.0% | 2021 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 49.5% | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.4% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 44.7% | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 13 | Türkiye | 42.8% | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 39.3% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 38.9% | 2022 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo | 37.0% | 2017 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 37.0% | 2017 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 35.5% | 2022 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 29.8% | 2020 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 20 | Panama | 29.4% | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 28.1% | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 26.9% | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.4% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 17.5% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 17.4% | 2021 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 17.1% | 2021 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 14.4% | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 12.0% | 2022 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 29 | Indonesia | 11.6% | 2022 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 11.3% | 2022 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 10.8% | 2018 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 32 | El Salvador | 10.6% | 2022 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 9.8% | 2022 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 7.0% | 2021 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.2% | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Honduras | 2.9% | 2019 | down 86.6% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount