Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
0.4107
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0072
Poland
Median
0.2134
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
329
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 0.4107 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0072 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2134, and the mean is 0.2223.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 57.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 112.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 96.3%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4107 | 2018 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia | 0.3696 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 3 | Thailand | 0.3606 | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 0.3498 | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 0.3172 | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 0.3156 | 2018 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 0.295 | 2022 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo | 0.2949 | 2017 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2908 | 2020 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 0.2858 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Paraguay | 0.2758 | 2022 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0.2606 | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.2552 | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 14 | South Africa | 0.2287 | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 0.228 | 2020 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 16 | Türkiye | 0.2216 | 2013 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 0.2192 | 2019 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.2075 | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 0.2028 | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 0.1989 | 2020 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1977 | 2021 | up 47.7% | falling |
| 22 | Georgia | 0.1913 | 2021 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 0.1909 | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0.1875 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 0.1776 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0.16 | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 27 | Malawi | 0.1559 | 2019 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0.1406 | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1263 | 2021 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 0.1255 | 2022 | up 59.9% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.1228 | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 0.105 | 2019 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 33 | Panama | 0.082 | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 34 | Poland | 0.0072 | 2019 | down 96.3% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)