Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group

Countries reporting
26
Highest
55.7%
Poland
Lowest
1.0%
El Salvador
Median
23.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 55.7% in Poland; the lowest is 1.0% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.0%, and the mean is 25.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 439.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 96.5%).

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 55.7% 2019 up 98.0% rising
2 Armenia 54.8% 2022 up 61.5% rising
3 Georgia 53.7% 2021 up 31.0% rising
4 Serbia 53.6% 2022 up 64.1% rising
5 Romania 46.7% 2021 up 60.1% rising
6 Viet Nam 46.0% 2020 up 51.2% volatile
7 Belarus 41.2% 2019 up 83.9% volatile
8 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 38.5% 2017 down 8.7% falling
8 Kosovo 38.5% 2017 down 8.7% falling
10 Republic of Moldova 26.6% 2018 down 4.0% falling
11 Kazakhstan 25.3% 2021 up 439.0% volatile
12 Argentina 24.8% 2022 up 27.3% rising
13 Kyrgyzstan 24.2% 2020 up 80.5% rising
14 Costa Rica 21.7% 2022 up 35.8% rising
15 Ukraine 21.6% 2018 down 19.4% falling
16 Mexico 21.1% 2020 down 19.6% falling
17 Mongolia 18.0% 2020 up 41.8% falling
18 Sri Lanka 14.7% 2019 up 187.5% rising
19 Indonesia 8.9% 2022 down 69.3% volatile
20 Türkiye 6.9% 2019 down 21.4% falling
21 Peru 6.7% 2022 volatile
22 Chile 6.2% 2022 up 25.5% volatile
23 Pakistan 6.1% 2018 down 86.0% volatile
24 Uruguay 2.6% 2022 down 7.3% flat
25 Colombia 1.3% 2022 down 96.5% volatile
26 El Salvador 1.0% 2022 up 43.7% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group