Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 11.9% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 0.2% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 4.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 259.8%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 86.6%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 11.9% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 11.9% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 3 | Belarus | 9.3% | 2019 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 8.7% | 2019 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.6% | 2020 | up 224.4% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 7.4% | 2022 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 6.7% | 2021 | up 259.8% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 6.7% | 2018 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 9 | Serbia | 6.4% | 2022 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 10 | Pakistan | 6.0% | 2018 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 11 | Georgia | 6.0% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 5.5% | 2021 | up 159.2% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 5.2% | 2022 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 4.7% | 2018 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 4.1% | 2022 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 3.3% | 2020 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Mongolia | 3.2% | 2020 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 2.8% | 2019 | up 215.6% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 2.7% | 2019 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 1.7% | 2022 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 1.5% | 2020 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 22 | Peru | 1.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 0.8% | 2022 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2022 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2022 | down 58.3% | 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