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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 213 data points, 2004–2022
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Average transfer amount of Cash Transfers programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)