Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) by country
Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 86.6% in Panama; the lowest is 0.7% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.6%, and the mean is 24.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 121.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 997.0%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 96.7%).
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 86.6% | 2023 | up 525.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Chile | 61.8% | 2022 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 3 | Mexico | 61.6% | 2022 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 60.7% | 2019 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 5 | Russia | 56.3% | 2017 | up 997.0% | rising |
| 6 | El Salvador | 40.0% | 2022 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 7 | Peru | 38.2% | 2022 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 33.7% | 2020 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 9 | Ukraine | 28.8% | 2020 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 25.5% | 2022 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Indonesia | 25.2% | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 23.6% | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 13 | Moldova | 22.1% | 2018 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 17.0% | 2022 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 15.4% | 2021 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 16 | Vietnam | 12.8% | 2020 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Ecuador | 12.4% | 2017 | up 198.8% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 3.2% | 2022 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Armenia | 3.0% | 2022 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 2.1% | 2019 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 1.8% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2021 | up 182.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkey | 1.4% | 2019 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.0% | 2020 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 0.9% | 2019 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2019 | down 96.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 10.0%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)