Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers 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 is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 67.2% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.0% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.7%, and the mean is 22.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 438.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 93.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 67.2% | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 46.8% | 2019 | up 115.5% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 45.9% | 2022 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 45.2% | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 42.0% | 2017 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 42.0% | 2017 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 40.5% | 2019 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Romania | 28.9% | 2021 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.2% | 2020 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 24.7% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 24.2% | 2021 | up 438.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 23.1% | 2018 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 21.5% | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 18.0% | 2020 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 17.6% | 2018 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 16.4% | 2020 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 16.3% | 2020 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 11.7% | 2019 | up 151.9% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 7.8% | 2022 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 7.0% | 2022 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 6.1% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 22 | Türkiye | 6.0% | 2019 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 5.6% | 2018 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 2.8% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 1.2% | 2022 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2022 | up 44.0% | 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