Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - 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
31.1%
Argentina
Lowest
14.7%
Uruguay
Median
23.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
245
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 31.1% in Argentina; the lowest is 14.7% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.0%, and the mean is 23.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 81.2%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 40.7%).
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 31.1% | 2022 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 2 | Colombia | 30.6% | 2022 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 30.5% | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 4 | Chile | 28.6% | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 27.3% | 2018 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 26.5% | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 25.2% | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 25.1% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 24.8% | 2019 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 10 | Armenia | 24.5% | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 11 | Poland | 23.9% | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.8% | 2020 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 13 | Peru | 23.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 14 | Albania | 23.1% | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 15 | Belarus | 23.0% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 22.9% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 22.7% | 2017 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 22.6% | 2018 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | Mongolia | 22.6% | 2020 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 21.8% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 21.5% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 20.1% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 19.8% | 2022 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 24 | Kosovo | 19.1% | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 24 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.1% | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 26 | Georgia | 18.3% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 18.0% | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 28 | Türkiye | 15.7% | 2019 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 29 | Uruguay | 14.7% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population