Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
37
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.7%
Malawi
Median
77.6%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
371
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.7% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.6%, and the mean is 68.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 144.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 833.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 88.0%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 99.8% | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 99.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 99.5% | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 98.3% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 98.3% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 96.3% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2020 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 95.5% | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 95.4% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 14 | Chile | 95.2% | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 15 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 92.3% | 2017 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kosovo | 92.3% | 2017 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 86.7% | 2020 | up 125.2% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 85.2% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 77.6% | 2021 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 75.2% | 2022 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 73.8% | 2019 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 72.3% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 71.3% | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 66.3% | 2022 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 53.3% | 2021 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 50.3% | 2021 | up 163.4% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 42.5% | 2022 | up 186.8% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 42.0% | 2022 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 40.1% | 2022 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 30 | Paraguay | 36.5% | 2022 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 31.7% | 2022 | up 329.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 26.2% | 2018 | up 99.9% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 10.8% | 2022 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 6.1% | 2021 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Honduras | 5.6% | 2019 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.1% | 2021 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 0.7% | 2019 | up 833.7% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount