Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
30
Highest
72.5%
Türkiye
Lowest
5.7%
Uruguay
Median
33.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 72.5% in Türkiye; the lowest is 5.7% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.6%, and the mean is 35.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 367.5%), 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 | Türkiye | 72.5% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 56.3% | 2022 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 53.9% | 2017 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo | 53.9% | 2017 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 51.2% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 48.0% | 2018 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | Argentina | 45.3% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 8 | Georgia | 43.7% | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 41.1% | 2018 | up 367.5% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 40.0% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 36.6% | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 36.5% | 2019 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 13 | Armenia | 35.9% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.6% | 2020 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 15 | Chile | 34.2% | 2022 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 32.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Belarus | 32.8% | 2019 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 31.2% | 2018 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 30.3% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | South Africa | 29.4% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 21 | Poland | 28.9% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 26.7% | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 25.9% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 23.8% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 23.7% | 2017 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 26 | Mongolia | 23.6% | 2020 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 23.0% | 2020 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 19.2% | 2020 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 29 | El Salvador | 17.7% | 2022 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 5.7% | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population