Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban 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 -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 59.9% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.8% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.5%, and the mean is 21.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 76.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 331.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.3%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 59.9% | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia | 45.6% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 44.7% | 2019 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 4 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 41.8% | 2017 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 4 | Kosovo | 41.8% | 2017 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 39.4% | 2019 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Serbia | 37.4% | 2022 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 24.7% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 24.3% | 2021 | up 331.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Romania | 23.3% | 2021 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.7% | 2020 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 19.6% | 2018 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2022 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 17.6% | 2020 | up 48.9% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 15.3% | 2018 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 11.9% | 2020 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 8.8% | 2019 | up 194.9% | rising |
| 18 | Indonesia | 6.9% | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 6.9% | 2022 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 6.0% | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 21 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2018 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 4.7% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 23 | Uruguay | 2.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 1.1% | 2022 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.8% | 2022 | up 15.0% | 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