Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
36
Highest
66.8%
Poland
Lowest
1.0%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
37.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
352
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 66.8% in Poland; the lowest is 1.0% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.8%, and the mean is 35.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 727.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 93.9%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 66.8% | 2019 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 2 | Belarus | 65.2% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 64.0% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 60.4% | 2018 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 59.1% | 2021 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 58.2% | 2020 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 7 | Mongolia | 57.8% | 2020 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 56.5% | 2022 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 9 | Brazil | 55.8% | 2022 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 55.2% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.1% | 2020 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 54.7% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 52.5% | 2022 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 45.9% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 42.7% | 2013 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 39.9% | 2017 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 16 | Kosovo | 39.9% | 2017 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 39.1% | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 36.4% | 2022 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.9% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 31.8% | 2020 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 31.5% | 2022 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 23 | Ecuador | 29.5% | 2022 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 28.7% | 2022 | up 118.4% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 23.7% | 2022 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 21.1% | 2021 | up 136.3% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 19.2% | 2019 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 17.4% | 2022 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 14.1% | 2018 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 30 | El Salvador | 13.8% | 2022 | up 727.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Thailand | 9.4% | 2021 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Colombia | 3.7% | 2022 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | 3.4% | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 3.4% | 2021 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 3.2% | 2019 | up 505.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.0% | 2021 | down 61.9% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount