Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
34
Highest
55.4%
Poland
Lowest
2.0%
Brazil
Median
13.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
329
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 55.4% in Poland; the lowest is 2.0% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.9%, and the mean is 18.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 365.5%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 63.8%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 55.4% | 2019 | up 365.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 49.7% | 2018 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 3 | Thailand | 39.1% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 36.9% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 33.6% | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 32.1% | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kosovo | 31.1% | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 8 | Honduras | 27.5% | 2019 | up 36.5% | flat |
| 9 | Armenia | 26.1% | 2022 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 22.7% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 21.4% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 20.9% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 13 | Ecuador | 20.1% | 2022 | up 140.4% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 19.2% | 2019 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 15 | Georgia | 18.7% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 16 | Paraguay | 16.7% | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.5% | 2020 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.4% | 2021 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 12.9% | 2019 | up 165.0% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.1% | 2021 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 11.9% | 2022 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 11.1% | 2022 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 10.0% | 2020 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 8.6% | 2023 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Türkiye | 8.4% | 2013 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 8.0% | 2020 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Serbia | 7.3% | 2022 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 7.2% | 2022 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 6.2% | 2021 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 5.8% | 2022 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 5.2% | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 4.7% | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 33 | Uruguay | 2.4% | 2022 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 2.0% | 2022 | up 29.8% | rising |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount