Adequacy of benefits in 3rd 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 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 23.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.7%, and the mean is 10.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 429.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 87.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 23.4% | 2022 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Belarus | 22.9% | 2019 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia | 21.5% | 2022 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 19.9% | 2019 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.5% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 19.5% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Georgia | 18.1% | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 16.9% | 2018 | up 137.7% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 14.4% | 2021 | up 304.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.1% | 2020 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 12.0% | 2021 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 9.0% | 2019 | up 429.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 8.7% | 2018 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 14 | Argentina | 8.1% | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 7.6% | 2020 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 7.1% | 2020 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 6.2% | 2022 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 5.4% | 2019 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2018 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 4.1% | 2022 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 2.5% | 2022 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 2.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.4% | 2022 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.5% | 2022 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2022 | down 18.1% | 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