Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 32.1% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.6% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.0%, and the mean is 13.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 543.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.1%).
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 32.1% | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 30.3% | 2019 | up 122.3% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 27.6% | 2019 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Armenia | 27.3% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 23.2% | 2017 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 23.2% | 2017 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 7 | Serbia | 19.2% | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.4% | 2020 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 18.2% | 2021 | up 543.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Romania | 17.6% | 2021 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 15.1% | 2018 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 14.1% | 2022 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 13.1% | 2020 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2022 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2020 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 16 | Ukraine | 10.1% | 2018 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mexico | 9.5% | 2020 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 8.2% | 2019 | up 172.0% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 5.3% | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 5.3% | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 4.6% | 2018 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 22 | Chile | 3.9% | 2022 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 3.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 2.0% | 2022 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.8% | 2022 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2022 | up 16.3% | 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