Adequacy of benefits (%) - 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 (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 29.7% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.6%, and the mean is 13.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 85.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 419.9%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 93.7%).
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 29.7% | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia | 29.3% | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 27.9% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 27.9% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 5 | Belarus | 23.9% | 2019 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Serbia | 22.6% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 22.6% | 2019 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 16.7% | 2021 | up 419.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 16.7% | 2018 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.6% | 2020 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 14.5% | 2021 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 14.0% | 2022 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 13.4% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 9.8% | 2018 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 8.7% | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 7.8% | 2020 | up 62.4% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 7.3% | 2019 | up 160.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 5.6% | 2020 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 5.3% | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 5.0% | 2018 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 3.8% | 2022 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Chile | 3.2% | 2022 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 2.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 1.0% | 2022 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2022 | down 28.3% | 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