Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural 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
24
Highest
77.8%
Georgia
Lowest
1.4%
El Salvador
Median
22.7%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
202

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 77.8% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.4% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.7%, and the mean is 24.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 546.4%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 92.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 77.8% 2021 up 51.3% rising
2 Serbia 51.6% 2022 up 107.6% rising
3 Poland 50.1% 2019 up 119.0% rising
4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.8% 2017 down 8.9% falling
4 Kosovo 40.8% 2017 down 8.9% falling
6 Armenia 40.6% 2022 up 18.7% rising
7 Belarus 38.0% 2019 up 34.8% volatile
8 Romania 34.4% 2021 up 69.3% rising
9 Costa Rica 27.4% 2022 up 57.0% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 26.4% 2020 up 155.2% rising
11 Moldova 24.9% 2018 down 9.3% falling
12 Kazakhstan 24.6% 2021 up 546.4% volatile
13 Ukraine 20.9% 2018 down 8.4% falling
14 Mongolia 18.1% 2020 up 45.5% falling
15 Vietnam 15.8% 2020 up 45.1% rising
16 Sri Lanka 12.1% 2019 up 151.7% rising
17 Peru 9.3% 2022 rising
18 Indonesia 8.7% 2022 down 72.3% volatile
19 Chile 8.2% 2022 up 39.0% volatile
20 Turkey 6.5% 2013 down 41.8% falling
21 Pakistan 5.9% 2018 down 72.6% volatile
22 Uruguay 3.3% 2022 up 7.7% flat
23 Colombia 1.7% 2022 down 92.0% volatile
24 El Salvador 1.4% 2022 up 72.5% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 202 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