Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
30
Highest
71.5%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
4.5%
Uruguay
Median
36.5%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 71.5% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 4.5% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.5%, and the mean is 38.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 78.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 64.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 71.5% | 2017 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 71.5% | 2017 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 68.8% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 66.5% | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 52.9% | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Serbia | 51.7% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 49.6% | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 8 | Armenia | 48.5% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Albania | 48.0% | 2018 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 47.6% | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.4% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | Pakistan | 45.6% | 2018 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 40.6% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 40.2% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 40.1% | 2018 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 32.9% | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 17 | Chile | 32.5% | 2022 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 29.3% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 29.3% | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 28.4% | 2020 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 27.4% | 2018 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 27.3% | 2017 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 26.5% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 24.0% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 25 | Poland | 23.7% | 2019 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 26 | Mongolia | 22.3% | 2020 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 21.0% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 20.3% | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 17.7% | 2022 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 4.5% | 2022 | down 36.2% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population