Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Poland

Poland: Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash was 19.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
19.9%
Change on year
up 31.1%
World rank
4th
of 25 countries
All-time high
19.9%
in 2019
All-time low
10.6%
in 2008
Years of data
12
2005–2019

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Poland, 2005–2019

051015202005201220192005: 10.72006: 12.12007: 12.32008: 10.62009: 11.92010: 13.82011: 14.12012: 15.12015: 15.32016: 15.72017: 15.22019: 19.9

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2019, adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Poland stood at 19.9%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.1% on the previous year and up 67.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Poland peaked at 19.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2008.

Poland ranks 4th of 25 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Poland, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban in Poland, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 10.7%
2006 12.1% +13.0%
2007 12.3% +2.1%
2008 10.6% -13.8%
2009 11.9% +12.1%
2010 13.8% +15.9%
2011 14.1% +1.9%
2012 15.1% +7.6%
2015 15.3% +0.9%
2016 15.7% +2.6%
2017 15.2% -3.0%
2019 19.9% +31.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11.5% 10.6% 12.3% 5
2010s 15.6% 13.8% 19.9% 7

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 1 Armenia 23.4% compare
  2. 2 Belarus 22.9% compare
  3. 3 Serbia 21.5% compare
  4. 5 Kosovo 19.5% compare
  5. 5 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 19.5% compare
  6. 7 Georgia 18.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Poland?
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Poland was 19.9% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 19.9% in 2019.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2008.
How does Poland rank for adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash?
Poland ranks 4th out of 25 countries with data for 2019.
Is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - unconditional cash rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is up 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Poland data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group