Adequacy of benefits in 4th 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 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 15.4% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.3% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.6%, and the mean is 7.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 436.6%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 85.0%).
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 15.4% | 2019 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 14.8% | 2019 | up 140.5% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 13.8% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 13.8% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 5 | Armenia | 12.5% | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 11.4% | 2018 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 7 | Georgia | 11.2% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 10.9% | 2021 | up 436.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.8% | 2020 | up 127.7% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 8.5% | 2021 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 8.4% | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 12 | Argentina | 6.5% | 2022 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 5.8% | 2018 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 5.4% | 2020 | up 34.9% | falling |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 5.2% | 2020 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 5.1% | 2022 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 3.8% | 2019 | up 144.8% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 3.4% | 2018 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 3.3% | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 3.0% | 2020 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 2.8% | 2022 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 1.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 1.7% | 2022 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1.2% | 2022 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2022 | up 13.5% | 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