Adequacy of benefits in 4th 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 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 25.1% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.3% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.2%, and the mean is 8.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 526.9%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 96.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 25.1% | 2022 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Belarus | 19.1% | 2019 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 18.4% | 2017 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 18.4% | 2017 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 15.6% | 2019 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 14.9% | 2018 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 7 | Georgia | 13.3% | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 11.5% | 2021 | up 526.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2020 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 11.4% | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 10.9% | 2021 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 8.2% | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 13 | Argentina | 6.4% | 2022 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 6.0% | 2022 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 5.8% | 2018 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 5.4% | 2019 | up 221.8% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 5.2% | 2020 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 3.8% | 2018 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 3.8% | 2019 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 3.2% | 2022 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 3.0% | 2020 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 1.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 1.6% | 2022 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1.1% | 2022 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2022 | up 9.9% | 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