Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance -urban by country
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
34
Highest
4.74
Poland
Lowest
0.0432
Colombia
Median
1.08
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
340
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 4.74 in Poland; the lowest is 0.0432 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.08, and the mean is 1.23.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 110.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 64,674.5%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 85.0%).
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 4.74 | 2019 | up 173.1% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 3.44 | 2022 | up 138.1% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 2.47 | 2019 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 2.44 | 2021 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 2.05 | 2021 | up 135.2% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1.97 | 2021 | up 275.2% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 1.67 | 2022 | up 108.8% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 1.64 | 2022 | up 256.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.54 | 2017 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 9 | Kosovo | 1.54 | 2017 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 1.52 | 2022 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 1.52 | 2023 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 1.49 | 2022 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 1.26 | 2022 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Uruguay | 1.19 | 2022 | up 1,092.5% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 1.18 | 2018 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 1.14 | 2020 | up 136.8% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 1.02 | 2022 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 0.9244 | 2020 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8365 | 2020 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 0.8153 | 2022 | up 158.5% | volatile |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.6849 | 2022 | up 64,674.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Türkiye | 0.6811 | 2019 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 0.6356 | 2021 | up 124.6% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.5727 | 2021 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Thailand | 0.5095 | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 0.4699 | 2022 | up 484.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Indonesia | 0.4693 | 2022 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 0.4671 | 2020 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.3884 | 2019 | up 265.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 0.3432 | 2022 | up 1,832.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 0.133 | 2018 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 0.1094 | 2019 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.0432 | 2022 | down 83.2% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)