Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
25
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.2%
Mexico
Median
71.1%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.2% in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.1%, and the mean is 54.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 497.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,235.4%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 88.3%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 99.5% | 2020 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ukraine | 97.0% | 2018 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 94.2% | 2018 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 85.6% | 2021 | up 2,235.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 82.2% | 2020 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Armenia | 79.6% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 76.2% | 2017 | up 158.7% | rising |
| 10 | Kosovo | 76.2% | 2017 | up 158.7% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 73.1% | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 71.1% | 2022 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 49.3% | 2019 | up 405.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.0% | 2020 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Georgia | 41.3% | 2021 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 20.4% | 2022 | up 2,058.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 19.4% | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 16.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 12.7% | 2019 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 7.2% | 2022 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 6.4% | 2018 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 1.5% | 2022 | up 713.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 1.1% | 2022 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.2% | 2020 | down 88.3% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount