Adequacy of benefits in 3rd 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 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 27.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.7%, and the mean is 11.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 64.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 469.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 88.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 27.0% | 2022 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 26.0% | 2017 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 2 | Kosovo | 26.0% | 2017 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 24.4% | 2019 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Poland | 21.7% | 2019 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 6 | Georgia | 21.5% | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 18.0% | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 16.4% | 2018 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 15.6% | 2021 | up 469.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.4% | 2020 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 12.9% | 2021 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 11.4% | 2020 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 10.1% | 2018 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 9.4% | 2022 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 8.1% | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 7.8% | 2020 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 6.3% | 2019 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 5.6% | 2020 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 5.4% | 2019 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2018 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 4.4% | 2022 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 2.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 2.6% | 2022 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2022 | up 2.3% | 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