Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
35
Highest
87.6%
Poland
Lowest
6.0%
Brazil
Median
23.7%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
345
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 87.6% in Poland; the lowest is 6.0% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.7%, and the mean is 31.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 448.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 49.9%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 87.6% | 2019 | up 160.4% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 69.1% | 2018 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 63.0% | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | Georgia | 55.3% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 53.3% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 52.6% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.0% | 2020 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 46.3% | 2018 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Kosovo | 41.2% | 2017 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 10 | Mongolia | 40.0% | 2020 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 39.4% | 2019 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 12 | Honduras | 37.1% | 2019 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 36.3% | 2019 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 34.8% | 2022 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 15 | Malawi | 28.7% | 2019 | up 448.9% | volatile |
| 16 | South Africa | 28.2% | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 25.4% | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23.7% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 21.3% | 2022 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 20.8% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 20.6% | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 20.4% | 2022 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 23 | Serbia | 19.6% | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 19.5% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 18.4% | 2022 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 18.3% | 2022 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 17.9% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 16.2% | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 29 | Türkiye | 15.5% | 2019 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 14.6% | 2021 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 14.1% | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 32 | Viet Nam | 12.4% | 2020 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 10.7% | 2022 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 9.7% | 2021 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 6.0% | 2022 | up 171.2% | rising |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap