Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
30
Highest
54.7%
Poland
Lowest
1.9%
Burkina Faso
Median
9.5%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
295
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 54.7% in Poland; the lowest is 1.9% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.5%, and the mean is 13.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 389.3%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 63.8%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 54.7% | 2019 | up 389.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Thailand | 38.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 27.5% | 2021 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 26.0% | 2018 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 22.7% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 20.0% | 2022 | up 220.2% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 18.5% | 2019 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 8 | Georgia | 18.4% | 2021 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 9 | Paraguay | 15.6% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.2% | 2021 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 12.0% | 2019 | up 113.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 11.9% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 11.6% | 2022 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 10.6% | 2022 | up 161.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Malawi | 10.3% | 2019 | up 159.2% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 8.6% | 2023 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Mongolia | 8.6% | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 8.3% | 2013 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 7.4% | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 7.0% | 2022 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 5.8% | 2022 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 5.4% | 2022 | up 250.6% | rising |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.4% | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 24 | Romania | 5.2% | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 4.8% | 2020 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 4.7% | 2021 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Republic of Moldova | 4.6% | 2018 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 2.4% | 2022 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 2.0% | 2022 | up 198.8% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 1.9% | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount