Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
35
Highest
0.3967
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0052
Poland
Median
0.2239
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
345
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 0.3967 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0052 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2239, and the mean is 0.2271.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 172.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 97.7%).
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.3967 | 2018 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 0.3471 | 2022 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 0.3468 | 2021 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3204 | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 0.3196 | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo | 0.3049 | 2017 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 0.289 | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 8 | Armenia | 0.2874 | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 0.287 | 2021 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 0.2662 | 2021 | up 172.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 0.2579 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 0.25 | 2020 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 0.2421 | 2020 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 0.2352 | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 15 | Pakistan | 0.2292 | 2018 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.2268 | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 0.2255 | 2022 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 0.2239 | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 0.2227 | 2022 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0.2226 | 2022 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 21 | Paraguay | 0.219 | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.218 | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.2159 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 0.2103 | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 0.2037 | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 26 | Panama | 0.1865 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 0.1793 | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1689 | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 0.1681 | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 30 | El Salvador | 0.162 | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 31 | Türkiye | 0.1579 | 2019 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 32 | Brazil | 0.1487 | 2022 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 0.1268 | 2021 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 0.078 | 2019 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Poland | 0.0052 | 2019 | down 97.7% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)