Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 27.9% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0.5% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.3%, and the mean is 13.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 59.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 547.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 27.9% | 2017 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 1 | Kosovo | 27.9% | 2017 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 3 | Belarus | 27.8% | 2019 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 27.3% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 26.3% | 2019 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 26.0% | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 17.9% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.7% | 2020 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 17.3% | 2018 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 16.7% | 2021 | up 547.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 16.6% | 2021 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2022 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 11.3% | 2022 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 10.3% | 2020 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 10.2% | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 8.6% | 2020 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 8.2% | 2019 | up 361.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Türkiye | 5.3% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 5.0% | 2022 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Pakistan | 4.1% | 2018 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 3.8% | 2022 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 2.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2022 | down 5.7% | 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