Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
27
Highest
26.5%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.4%
Thailand
Median
6.9%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 26.5% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.4% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.9%, and the mean is 9.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 436.2%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 88.7%).
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.5% | 2020 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 22.8% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 20.7% | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 4 | Poland | 20.5% | 2019 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 20.1% | 2022 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 12.3% | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 10.2% | 2018 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Honduras | 9.9% | 2019 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 9.6% | 2020 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 9.1% | 2022 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 11 | Romania | 8.7% | 2019 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 8.6% | 2023 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 7.9% | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 6.9% | 2017 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Belarus | 6.7% | 2019 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Peru | 6.2% | 2022 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 5.8% | 2021 | up 436.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 5.4% | 2022 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Paraguay | 4.8% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 3.9% | 2022 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 3.3% | 2020 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 2.8% | 2022 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 2.7% | 2017 | up 298.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 2.4% | 2020 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Türkiye | 2.2% | 2019 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 1.5% | 2022 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2021 | up 12.6% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population