Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
29
Highest
72.5%
Türkiye
Lowest
5.8%
Uruguay
Median
36.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
245
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 72.5% in Türkiye; the lowest is 5.8% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.0%, and the mean is 38.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 427.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 64.5%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 72.5% | 2019 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 64.9% | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 56.2% | 2017 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 56.2% | 2017 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 55.5% | 2018 | up 427.4% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 54.4% | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 54.3% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 8 | Georgia | 48.2% | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 9 | Albania | 48.0% | 2018 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 10 | Argentina | 45.3% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.6% | 2020 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 40.0% | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 36.9% | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 36.7% | 2018 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 36.0% | 2022 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 34.4% | 2022 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 33.9% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 32.5% | 2018 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 31.7% | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 30.7% | 2019 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 21 | Romania | 29.4% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | Indonesia | 28.7% | 2022 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 26.1% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 25.8% | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 25 | Mongolia | 23.5% | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 23.4% | 2017 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 27 | El Salvador | 20.2% | 2022 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 19.9% | 2020 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 5.8% | 2022 | down 30.8% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population