Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 21.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.2% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.0%, and the mean is 6.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 109.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 269.9%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 89.3%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 21.4% | 2022 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 12.5% | 2018 | up 207.7% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 12.4% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 12.4% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 5 | Belarus | 11.8% | 2019 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.1% | 2020 | up 146.2% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 9.5% | 2018 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 9.1% | 2019 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 9 | Serbia | 9.0% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 8.0% | 2021 | up 269.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 7.6% | 2021 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 7.0% | 2021 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 13 | Ukraine | 6.2% | 2018 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 5.7% | 2020 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 5.7% | 2022 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 4.4% | 2022 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 3.4% | 2019 | up 265.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Türkiye | 3.2% | 2019 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 3.1% | 2020 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 1.9% | 2022 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 1.5% | 2020 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 1.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 1.0% | 2022 | up 185.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2022 | down 58.2% | 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