Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap
Countries reporting
35
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
7.3%
Malawi
Median
72.2%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
345
What the numbers show
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 7.3% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.2%, and the mean is 67.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 254.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 72.2%).
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 91.7% | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 5 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Thailand | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 98.0% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyz Republic | 95.6% | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 94.9% | 2021 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 94.3% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 93.9% | 2019 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 93.7% | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 13 | Turkiye | 91.3% | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 88.7% | 2020 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 88.4% | 2022 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 85.8% | 2018 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 72.2% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 18 | Paraguay | 68.9% | 2022 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 67.1% | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 65.6% | 2022 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 65.6% | 2022 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 56.7% | 2022 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 23 | Ecuador | 50.1% | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 44.8% | 2021 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 40.1% | 2019 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 38.1% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.0% | 2021 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Panama | 35.7% | 2023 | up 184.0% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 33.5% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 27.9% | 2022 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 17.9% | 2022 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 32 | Brazil | 17.3% | 2022 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 11.1% | 2021 | up 143.9% | rising |
| 34 | Malawi | 7.3% | 2019 | up 254.6% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap