Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban by country
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
25
Highest
4.43
Poland
Lowest
0.0389
Colombia
Median
1.01
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
211
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 4.43 in Poland; the lowest is 0.0389 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01, and the mean is 1.2.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 114.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 468.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 94.1%).
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 4.43 | 2019 | up 176.6% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 3.81 | 2019 | up 259.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia | 2.34 | 2022 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 1.93 | 2021 | up 191.3% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 1.63 | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 6 | Georgia | 1.59 | 2021 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1.57 | 2021 | up 468.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.54 | 2017 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo | 1.54 | 2017 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 1.52 | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 1.24 | 2018 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 1.09 | 2018 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 1.01 | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 0.9146 | 2020 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Mongolia | 0.8814 | 2020 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.741 | 2020 | up 83.6% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 0.5835 | 2022 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 0.3785 | 2019 | up 307.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 0.315 | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 20 | Uruguay | 0.2409 | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 0.2057 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.194 | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Pakistan | 0.1321 | 2018 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 0.0632 | 2022 | up 186.1% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.0389 | 2022 | down 94.1% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)