Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 31.0% in Poland; the lowest is 0.6% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.3%, and the mean is 12.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 485.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 88.7%).
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 31.0% | 2019 | up 146.1% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 26.5% | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 24.6% | 2019 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 20.7% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Romania | 20.6% | 2021 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.1% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 6 | Kosovo | 19.1% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 16.1% | 2021 | up 485.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.8% | 2020 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 15.7% | 2018 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 15.3% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 11.6% | 2020 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 11.6% | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 11.0% | 2018 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 15 | Mongolia | 10.8% | 2020 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 10.3% | 2022 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 6.5% | 2019 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2020 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 5.0% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 4.9% | 2022 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2018 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 4.2% | 2022 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 3.5% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 2.0% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.8% | 2022 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2022 | up 15.9% | 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