Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
26
Highest
3.8
Belarus
Lowest
0.0903
El Salvador
Median
1.38
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
220
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 3.8 in Belarus; the lowest is 0.0903 in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.38, and the mean is 1.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 42.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 357.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 90.8%).
Average per capita: Unconditional Cash … Unconditional Cash 5th: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 3.8 | 2019 | up 194.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 3.53 | 2019 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 2.99 | 2022 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 2.54 | 2022 | up 107.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Serbia | 2.43 | 2022 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 6 | Argentina | 2.36 | 2022 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 7 | Romania | 2.22 | 2021 | up 132.2% | rising |
| 8 | Moldova | 2.11 | 2018 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2.06 | 2021 | up 351.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 2.05 | 2017 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 10 | Kosovo | 2.05 | 2017 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 12 | Vietnam | 1.85 | 2020 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Turkey | 1.47 | 2019 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1.29 | 2018 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.16 | 2020 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 1.04 | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 0.8509 | 2018 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 0.5854 | 2019 | up 357.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 0.5184 | 2020 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 0.5145 | 2022 | up 269.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 0.489 | 2020 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 0.41 | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 23 | Peru | 0.298 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 0.2779 | 2022 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.1342 | 2022 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.0903 | 2022 | down 5.6% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)