Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - 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 extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 109.4% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 2.1% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.1%, and the mean is 42.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 409.8%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 96.8%).
Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 109.4% | 2020 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Serbia | 79.4% | 2022 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 70.8% | 2022 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 68.7% | 2019 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 68.5% | 2021 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 63.9% | 2019 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 60.1% | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 55.5% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo | 55.5% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 52.9% | 2018 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 50.1% | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 47.1% | 2019 | up 409.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 45.1% | 2021 | up 182.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 40.9% | 2018 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 31.8% | 2022 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 30.9% | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.1% | 2020 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 27.8% | 2020 | up 56.8% | flat |
| 19 | Türkiye | 21.9% | 2019 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 13.3% | 2022 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 11.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 7.6% | 2018 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 5.0% | 2022 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 24 | El Salvador | 3.2% | 2022 | up 219.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 2.1% | 2022 | down 96.8% | 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