Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
24
Highest
41.2%
Poland
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
9.4%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
202
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 41.2% in Poland; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.4%, and the mean is 13.0%.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 17,938.2%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 89.5%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 41.2% | 2019 | up 136.5% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 33.2% | 2020 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 29.1% | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 28.2% | 2019 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 26.7% | 2020 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Armenia | 23.3% | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 7 | Georgia | 19.4% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 17.8% | 2021 | up 17,938.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Moldova | 13.9% | 2018 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 12.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.6% | 2020 | up 595.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Ukraine | 10.5% | 2018 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 13 | Chile | 8.3% | 2022 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 7.8% | 2019 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 15 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 6.6% | 2017 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 15 | Kosovo | 6.6% | 2017 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 17 | Pakistan | 5.1% | 2018 | up 273.4% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 4.7% | 2022 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Serbia | 2.8% | 2022 | down 55.0% | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 2.2% | 2022 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Turkey | 1.4% | 2013 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 0.5% | 2022 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2022 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount