Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Peru

Peru: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st was 4.1% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
4.1%
Change on year
down 55.4%
World rank
15th
of 25 countries
All-time high
9.1%
in 2021
All-time low
0.3%
in 2019
Years of data
5
2018–2022

Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Peru, 2018–2022

02468102018202020222018: 0.4982019: 0.2662020: 8.52021: 9.12022: 4.1

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Peru recorded 4.1% for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.4% on the previous year and up 718.3% over five years.

Peru ranks 15th of 25 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Peru, 2018 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2018 0.5%
2019 0.3% -46.5%
2020 8.5% +3100.1%
2021 9.1% +7.2%
2022 4.1% -55.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 2
2020s 7.2% 4.1% 9.1% 3

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 12 Kosovo 5.2%
  2. 12 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 5.2%
  3. 14 Chile 4.8% compare
  4. 16 Sri Lanka 3.5%
  5. 17 Kyrgyzstan 3.4%
  6. 18 Indonesia 1.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Peru?
Poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Peru was 4.1% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 2021.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
How does Peru rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st?
Peru ranks 15th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount