Adequacy of benefits in 3rd 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 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 20.9% in Poland; the lowest is 0.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.6%, and the mean is 8.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 542.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 89.5%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 20.9% | 2019 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 17.8% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 17.0% | 2022 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 16.9% | 2019 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 15.0% | 2017 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 5 | Kosovo | 15.0% | 2017 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 13.1% | 2021 | up 542.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 13.1% | 2018 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 12.3% | 2021 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.3% | 2020 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 10.2% | 2022 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 8.3% | 2018 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 13 | Mongolia | 7.7% | 2020 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 14 | Argentina | 7.5% | 2022 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 6.7% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 6.6% | 2020 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 5.4% | 2019 | up 133.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 5.1% | 2020 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 4.2% | 2018 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 20 | Türkiye | 3.8% | 2019 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 3.8% | 2022 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 2.6% | 2022 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 2.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1.6% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2022 | up 1.8% | 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