Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
31
Highest
55.4%
Poland
Lowest
2.4%
Burkina Faso
Median
9.2%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 55.4% in Poland; the lowest is 2.4% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.2%, and the mean is 12.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 276.8%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 32.4%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 55.4% | 2019 | up 276.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Thailand | 33.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 27.0% | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 4 | Georgia | 24.6% | 2021 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 5 | Belarus | 22.1% | 2019 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 20.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 20.0% | 2022 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 8 | Honduras | 13.3% | 2019 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 12.6% | 2020 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 11.1% | 2019 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 11.0% | 2021 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 12 | Peru | 10.7% | 2022 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 10.2% | 2022 | up 159.9% | rising |
| 14 | Malawi | 9.7% | 2019 | up 186.6% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 9.6% | 2022 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 9.2% | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 8.8% | 2022 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Uruguay | 8.8% | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 19 | Armenia | 8.6% | 2022 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 8.1% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 7.7% | 2023 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 7.5% | 2019 | down 32.3% | flat |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.4% | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 6.8% | 2022 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 25 | Moldova | 6.1% | 2018 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 6.1% | 2021 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 6.0% | 2021 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 28 | Argentina | 5.7% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 29 | Vietnam | 3.8% | 2020 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 2.7% | 2022 | up 216.6% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 2.4% | 2021 | down 8.4% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount