Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
26
Highest
5.23 preT
Poland
Lowest
0.0354 preT
Colombia
Median
1.34 preT
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222

What the numbers show

Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 5.23 preT in Poland; the lowest is 0.0354 preT in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.34 preT, and the mean is 1.49 preT.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 148.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 728.8%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 97.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 5.23 preT 2019 up 170.5% rising
2 Belarus 4.37 preT 2019 up 243.2% volatile
3 Romania 3.23 preT 2021 up 129.4% rising
4 Serbia 3.04 preT 2022 up 60.8% rising
5 Viet Nam 2.81 preT 2020 up 131.6% volatile
6 Armenia 2.32 preT 2022 up 82.3% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 1.71 preT 2021 up 728.8% volatile
8 Georgia 1.71 preT 2021 up 68.2% rising
9 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.69 preT 2017 up 26.2% rising
9 Kosovo 1.69 preT 2017 up 26.2% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 1.62 preT 2018 up 33.1% rising
12 Argentina 1.61 preT 2022 up 16.2% rising
13 Ukraine 1.44 preT 2018 up 7.6% flat
14 Costa Rica 1.24 preT 2022 up 40.7% rising
15 Mongolia 0.9413 preT 2020 up 121.2% rising
16 Kyrgyzstan 0.8675 preT 2020 up 108.0% rising
17 Mexico 0.6924 preT 2020 down 16.9% falling
18 Chile 0.5727 preT 2022 up 116.8% volatile
19 Sri Lanka 0.5221 preT 2019 up 269.1% volatile
20 Türkiye 0.3587 preT 2019 down 2.9% rising
21 Indonesia 0.2613 preT 2022 down 59.9% volatile
22 Peru 0.2424 preT 2022 volatile
23 Uruguay 0.2239 preT 2022 up 5.2% rising
24 Pakistan 0.1471 preT 2018 down 89.5% volatile
25 El Salvador 0.0612 preT 2022 up 234.4% volatile
26 Colombia 0.0354 preT 2022 down 97.5% volatile

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
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Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)