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Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance by country

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population

Countries reporting
25
Highest
20.4%
South Africa
Lowest
0.0%
Armenia
Median
0.5%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
242

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 20.4% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.0% in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 2.8%.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 185.4%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 20.4% 2021 up 19.5% rising
2 Honduras 9.9% 2019 up 185.4% rising
3 Brazil 9.2% 2019 down 42.0% falling
4 Indonesia 5.6% 2022 down 73.4% falling
5 Ecuador 5.4% 2017 down 67.8% falling
6 Paraguay 3.9% 2015 — falling
7 Peru 3.3% 2022 down 78.3% volatile
8 Mexico 3.2% 2022 down 79.2% volatile
9 Panama 2.8% 2023 up 120.7% volatile
10 El Salvador 2.1% 2022 down 70.2% volatile
11 Costa Rica 1.4% 2022 down 55.1% falling
12 Vietnam 0.7% 2020 down 96.0% volatile
13 Russia 0.5% 2017 down 29.4% volatile
14 Chile 0.3% 2022 down 83.6% volatile
15 Belarus 0.2% 2013 down 40.3% volatile
16 Argentina 0.1% 2022 down 95.4% volatile
17 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 down 97.9% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 87.6% volatile
19 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 82.6% volatile
20 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
20 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
20 Thailand 0.0% 2021 — volatile
20 Turkey 0.0% 2019 — volatile
20 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 — volatile
20 Armenia 0.0% 2022 — volatile

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 242 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population