Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
25
Highest
31.0%
Poland
Lowest
0.3%
Uruguay
Median
5.2%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
211
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 31.0% in Poland; the lowest is 0.3% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.2%, and the mean is 8.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 110.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 6,690.6%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 81.1%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 31.0% | 2019 | up 270.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 25.7% | 2020 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 3 | Romania | 22.5% | 2021 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 19.9% | 2019 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 19.0% | 2020 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Armenia | 15.1% | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 7 | Moldova | 14.0% | 2018 | up 213.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 11.2% | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 11.2% | 2018 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 9.7% | 2021 | up 6,690.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Georgia | 7.2% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.2% | 2017 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kosovo | 5.2% | 2017 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 4.8% | 2022 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Peru | 4.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 3.5% | 2019 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.4% | 2020 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 1.8% | 2022 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Serbia | 1.7% | 2022 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2018 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2022 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2022 | up 3,964.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Turkey | 0.5% | 2019 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Uruguay | 0.3% | 2022 | down 46.1% | falling |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount