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

Countries reporting
26
Highest
67.2%
Georgia
Lowest
1.0%
El Salvador
Median
19.7%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers
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