El Salvador vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile

El Salvador
21.3%
in 2022
Peru
20.6%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
20th
Peru rank
22nd

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile over time

  • El Salvador
  • Peru
1020304050200720142022

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 21.3% against 20.6% in Peru, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 20th and Peru ranks 22nd of 36 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 46.5% 16.5% 30.0% El Salvador
2010s 42.4% 15.4% 27.0% El Salvador
2020s 20.0% 20.6% 0.6% Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile, El Salvador or Peru?
El Salvador, at 21.3% against 20.6% in Peru as of 2022.
What is the difference in poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile between El Salvador and Peru?
0.7%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Peru?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Peru rank globally for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile?
El Salvador ranks 20th and Peru ranks 22nd of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/poverty-gap-reduction-percent-all-private-transfers-1st-quintile-poorest-urban/el-salvador/peru/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/poverty-gap-reduction-percent-all-private-transfers-1st-quintile-poorest-urban/el-salvador/peru/">El Salvador vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 350 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap