Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
31
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
2.3%
Malawi
Median
47.2%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
317
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 2.3% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.2%, and the mean is 52.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 396.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 46.0%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 99.5% | 2020 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 99.3% | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 89.4% | 2018 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 80.5% | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 78.7% | 2021 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 78.2% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 62.9% | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 62.0% | 2019 | up 227.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.9% | 2020 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 56.9% | 2022 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 56.9% | 2022 | up 135.0% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 51.1% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 47.2% | 2021 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 46.0% | 2018 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 45.9% | 2022 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ecuador | 42.8% | 2022 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 41.4% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 41.4% | 2020 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 38.5% | 2022 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 34.8% | 2021 | up 127.8% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 26.1% | 2022 | up 219.9% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 22.0% | 2022 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 20.0% | 2023 | up 136.8% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 17.8% | 2019 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 12.9% | 2022 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 29 | Brazil | 11.2% | 2022 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 2.5% | 2021 | up 396.0% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 2.3% | 2019 | up 189.2% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount