Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 29.9% in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.2% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.2%, and the mean is 7.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 174.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 340.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 90.7%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 29.9% | 2018 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Armenia | 21.8% | 2022 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 12.6% | 2018 | up 230.8% | rising |
| 4 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 12.4% | 2017 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 4 | Kosovo | 12.4% | 2017 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 11.0% | 2019 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Serbia | 9.4% | 2022 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.7% | 2020 | up 172.8% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 7.9% | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2021 | up 249.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 7.5% | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 6.4% | 2018 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 13 | Georgia | 6.2% | 2021 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 5.7% | 2022 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 5.2% | 2019 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 4.7% | 2022 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 4.5% | 2020 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 18 | Türkiye | 3.2% | 2019 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 2.9% | 2020 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2022 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 1.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 0.9% | 2022 | up 200.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2022 | down 81.4% | 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