Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - 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
29.9%
Colombia
Lowest
12.4%
Uruguay
Median
24.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 29.9% in Colombia; the lowest is 12.4% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.0%, and the mean is 23.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 71.3%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 22.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 29.9% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 28.9% | 2018 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 28.8% | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 28.7% | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Chile | 28.7% | 2022 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 27.7% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 7 | Moldova | 26.2% | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 8 | Belarus | 26.2% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 9 | Ukraine | 26.1% | 2018 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 25.9% | 2021 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 11 | Armenia | 25.9% | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 24.6% | 2019 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.4% | 2020 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 14 | Peru | 24.1% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 24.1% | 2017 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 16 | Indonesia | 23.9% | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 17 | Mexico | 23.6% | 2020 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 18 | Georgia | 23.5% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 19 | Albania | 23.1% | 2018 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 20 | Thailand | 22.7% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 21 | Romania | 22.7% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Mongolia | 22.2% | 2020 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 21.8% | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 20.1% | 2022 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 25 | Vietnam | 19.7% | 2020 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 26 | Turkey | 18.9% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 18.9% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 28 | Kosovo | 13.7% | 2017 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 13.7% | 2017 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 12.4% | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population