Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
25
Highest
7.87 preT
Vietnam
Lowest
0.0315 preT
Colombia
Median
1.66 preT
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
213
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 7.87 preT in Vietnam; the lowest is 0.0315 preT in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.66 preT, and the mean is 2.1 preT.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 250.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 613.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 98.2%).
Average per capita: Unconditional … Unconditional extreme poor 2.15: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 7.87 preT | 2020 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 5.99 preT | 2019 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 5.54 preT | 2019 | up 220.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Romania | 4.61 preT | 2021 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Serbia | 3.66 preT | 2022 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 2.9 preT | 2022 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2.78 preT | 2018 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 2.34 preT | 2021 | up 525.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Moldova | 2.18 preT | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 1.85 preT | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.74 preT | 2017 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo | 1.74 preT | 2017 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 13 | Georgia | 1.66 preT | 2021 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 1.3 preT | 2019 | up 613.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 1.25 preT | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 1.23 preT | 2020 | up 151.5% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 0.92 preT | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.898 preT | 2020 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.831 preT | 2020 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 0.4458 preT | 2022 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 0.316 preT | 2022 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 0.2456 preT | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Pakistan | 0.1504 preT | 2018 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 24 | El Salvador | 0.0586 preT | 2022 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.0315 preT | 2022 | down 98.2% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)