Gini inequality index reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -urban by country

Gini inequality index reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer Gini index

Countries reporting
34
Highest
41.1%
Poland
Lowest
0.5%
Burkina Faso
Median
2.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
345

What the numbers show

Gini inequality index reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 41.1% in Poland; the lowest is 0.5% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 5.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 902.7%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 54.7%).

Gini inequality index reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 41.1% 2019 up 902.7% volatile
2 Moldova 20.7% 2018 up 117.0% rising
3 Armenia 14.2% 2022 down 3.9% rising
4 Georgia 12.1% 2021 down 18.2% falling
5 Dominican Republic 10.4% 2021 up 64.9% rising
6 Thailand 10.1% 2021 up 36.2% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan 6.9% 2020 up 21.9% rising
8 Mongolia 6.7% 2020 up 140.6% volatile
9 Belarus 6.1% 2019 down 7.7% rising
10 Honduras 5.8% 2019 up 34.5% falling
11 Ecuador 4.9% 2022 up 32.7% rising
12 Pakistan 4.9% 2018 down 8.9% falling
13 Sri Lanka 3.5% 2019 up 64.8% rising
14 Serbia 3.4% 2022 up 43.8% rising
15 El Salvador 3.1% 2022 down 54.7% falling
16 Bolivia 3.1% 2021 up 7.3% falling
17 Peru 3.0% 2022 up 86.5% rising
18 Romania 2.8% 2021 up 21.0% rising
19 Cote d'Ivoire 2.7% 2021 down 41.8% falling
20 Paraguay 2.6% 2022 down 35.4% falling
21 Mexico 2.4% 2022 down 38.3% falling
22 Malawi 2.3% 2019 up 732.9% volatile
23 Uruguay 2.3% 2022 up 3.4% volatile
24 Costa Rica 2.3% 2022 up 83.5% rising
25 South Africa 2.0% 2021 down 23.0% rising
26 Colombia 1.9% 2022 up 122.6% volatile
27 Turkey 1.6% 2019 down 51.6% falling
28 Chile 1.6% 2022 up 3.2% flat
29 Panama 1.5% 2023 up 56.2% rising
30 Vietnam 1.4% 2020 down 31.1% falling
31 Argentina 1.3% 2022 down 36.2% falling
32 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2021 up 103.0% rising
33 Brazil 0.5% 2022 up 149.3% rising
34 Burkina Faso 0.5% 2021 down 37.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Gini inequality index reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 345 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Gini inequality index reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer Gini index