Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)

Countries reporting
35
Highest
5.77 preT
Poland
Lowest
0.0427 preT
Colombia
Median
1.37 preT
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348

What the numbers show

Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 5.77 preT in Poland; the lowest is 0.0427 preT in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.37 preT, and the mean is 1.67 preT.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 135.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 22,337.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 91.3%).

Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 5.77 preT 2019 up 185.2% rising
2 Serbia 4.53 preT 2022 up 108.5% rising
3 Chile 4.22 preT 2022 up 358.2% volatile
4 Georgia 3.97 preT 2021 up 90.1% rising
5 Romania 3.41 preT 2021 up 83.2% rising
6 Belarus 3.24 preT 2019 up 192.5% volatile
7 Viet Nam 2.78 preT 2020 up 385.8% volatile
8 Kazakhstan 2.45 preT 2021 up 348.5% volatile
9 Armenia 2.38 preT 2022 up 131.1% volatile
10 Brazil 2.06 preT 2022 up 33.2% rising
11 Panama 1.84 preT 2023 up 79.9% rising
12 Costa Rica 1.78 preT 2022 up 102.6% volatile
13 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.69 preT 2017 up 6.7% flat
13 Kosovo 1.69 preT 2017 up 6.7% flat
15 Argentina 1.64 preT 2022 up 35.9% rising
16 Republic of Moldova 1.49 preT 2018 up 26.3% rising
17 Mexico 1.41 preT 2022 up 95.2% flat
18 Mongolia 1.37 preT 2020 up 152.5% rising
19 Uruguay 1.36 preT 2022 up 751.6% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.05 preT 2021 up 35.0% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 0.9619 preT 2020 up 93.5% rising
22 Ecuador 0.9525 preT 2022 up 56.6% rising
23 Türkiye 0.9411 preT 2019 up 56.6% rising
24 Paraguay 0.8553 preT 2022 up 352.3% volatile
25 Dominican Republic 0.7196 preT 2021 up 131.6% rising
26 El Salvador 0.7169 preT 2022 up 22,337.0% volatile
27 Ukraine 0.7056 preT 2020 down 50.2% falling
28 Indonesia 0.6023 preT 2022 up 31.8% volatile
29 Sri Lanka 0.5543 preT 2019 up 181.7% rising
30 Peru 0.5257 preT 2022 up 309.6% volatile
31 Thailand 0.4315 preT 2021 down 36.0% volatile
32 Pakistan 0.1541 preT 2018 down 89.0% volatile
33 Honduras 0.1183 preT 2019 down 91.0% volatile
34 Malawi 0.0786 preT 2019 up 2,010.8% volatile
35 Colombia 0.0427 preT 2022 down 91.3% volatile

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 348 data points, 2004–2023
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Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)