Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
Countries reporting
36
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
3.3%
Malawi
Median
59.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
350
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 3.3% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.3%, and the mean is 58.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 314.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 58.3%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -extreme poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Moldova | 99.7% | 2018 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 5 | Mongolia | 99.6% | 2020 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 99.3% | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 89.4% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 87.1% | 2017 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo | 87.1% | 2017 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 84.5% | 2021 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 82.1% | 2020 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 78.7% | 2021 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 78.2% | 2022 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 76.5% | 2019 | up 128.5% | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 70.1% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 65.9% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 63.1% | 2020 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 60.5% | 2018 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 58.2% | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 58.1% | 2022 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 21 | Paraguay | 53.9% | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 52.0% | 2022 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 49.7% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 43.3% | 2022 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 41.4% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia | 36.5% | 2021 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 28.8% | 2019 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 28 | Peru | 26.5% | 2022 | up 212.0% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 23.3% | 2022 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 22.1% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 20.4% | 2022 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | 20.0% | 2023 | up 136.8% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.9% | 2021 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 11.2% | 2022 | up 169.8% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 6.9% | 2021 | up 314.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 3.3% | 2019 | up 190.0% | volatile |
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount