Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance by country
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
35
Highest
4.33
Poland
Lowest
0.0423
Colombia
Median
1.05
Years covered
20
2004β2023
Data points
348
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 4.33 in Poland; the lowest is 0.0423 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.05, and the mean is 1.17.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 102.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 22,015.6%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (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 | 4.33 | 2019 | up 162.1% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 2.96 | 2022 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 2.54 | 2019 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 2.4 | 2021 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 2.1 | 2021 | up 124.6% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1.84 | 2021 | up 319.3% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 1.67 | 2022 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.53 | 2017 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo | 1.53 | 2017 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 1.53 | 2022 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 1.52 | 2022 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 1.45 | 2023 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 1.44 | 2022 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 1.27 | 2022 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Uruguay | 1.19 | 2022 | up 1,119.7% | rising |
| 16 | Moldova | 1.17 | 2018 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 1.12 | 2020 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 1.05 | 2022 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 0.8541 | 2020 | up 558.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8401 | 2020 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bolivia | 0.8069 | 2021 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 0.7859 | 2022 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0.6953 | 2022 | up 22,015.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.6811 | 2019 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0.6524 | 2021 | up 125.6% | rising |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0.5683 | 2022 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.4863 | 2022 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 0.4502 | 2022 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 0.4236 | 2020 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.4035 | 2019 | up 201.5% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 0.4002 | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 0.1314 | 2018 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 0.1134 | 2019 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 34 | Malawi | 0.0613 | 2019 | up 1,684.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.0423 | 2022 | down 85.0% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)