Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
26
Highest
4.11
Poland
Lowest
0.035
Colombia
Median
0.97
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 4.11 in Poland; the lowest is 0.035 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.97, and the mean is 1.15.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 117.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 688.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.2%).
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 4.11 | 2019 | up 179.6% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 3.61 | 2019 | up 225.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia | 2.45 | 2022 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 1.93 | 2021 | up 168.6% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 1.63 | 2021 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.53 | 2017 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo | 1.53 | 2017 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 1.52 | 2021 | up 688.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 1.52 | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 1.51 | 2022 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 1.23 | 2018 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 1.16 | 2018 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 1.06 | 2022 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 0.8788 | 2020 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 0.818 | 2020 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8154 | 2020 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 0.5822 | 2022 | up 124.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.4397 | 2020 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 0.3953 | 2019 | up 212.2% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 0.315 | 2019 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 0.2392 | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 0.2168 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 0.2076 | 2022 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 0.1307 | 2018 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.0601 | 2022 | up 234.4% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 0.035 | 2022 | down 94.2% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)