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
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group