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

Countries reporting
26
Highest
20.9%
Poland
Lowest
0.4%
El Salvador
Median
7.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
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