Adequacy of benefits in 4th 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 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 30.5% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.3% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 8.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 104.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 340.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 97.6%).
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 30.5% | 2022 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 19.8% | 2019 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 15.5% | 2017 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 15.5% | 2017 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 14.9% | 2018 | up 171.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 14.1% | 2019 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 7 | Georgia | 13.2% | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 12.5% | 2022 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.3% | 2020 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 11.2% | 2021 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 9.1% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 6.4% | 2020 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 6.4% | 2022 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 5.6% | 2022 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 5.6% | 2018 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 5.3% | 2019 | up 340.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Mongolia | 5.1% | 2020 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 18 | Türkiye | 3.8% | 2019 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 3.0% | 2018 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 2.9% | 2022 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 1.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 1.5% | 2022 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.1% | 2022 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2022 | down 33.9% | 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