Adequacy of benefits (%) - 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 (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 29.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.3% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.9%, and the mean is 12.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 305.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.8%).
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 29.4% | 2022 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 2 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 26.9% | 2017 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 2 | Kosovo | 26.9% | 2017 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 26.4% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 23.1% | 2019 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Serbia | 21.2% | 2022 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 20.9% | 2019 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 8 | Moldova | 16.5% | 2018 | up 133.6% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.8% | 2020 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 15.6% | 2021 | up 305.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 13.4% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 13.0% | 2021 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 11.9% | 2022 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 9.2% | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 7.7% | 2019 | up 291.5% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 7.5% | 2020 | up 59.3% | falling |
| 17 | Vietnam | 6.4% | 2020 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 5.6% | 2018 | down 71.5% | falling |
| 19 | Turkey | 5.3% | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 3.5% | 2022 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 3.1% | 2022 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 2.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.0% | 2022 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2022 | down 48.3% | 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