Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Uruguay

Uruguay: Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash was 14.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
14.7%
Change on year
down 12.2%
World rank
29th
of 29 countries
All-time high
17.2%
in 2009
All-time low
14.7%
in 2022
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Uruguay, 2008–2022

0510152008201520222008: 16.72009: 17.22010: 15.92011: 16.42012: 15.62015: 16.62016: 16.92017: 162018: 16.42019: 16.22020: 15.32021: 16.82022: 14.7

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Uruguay stood at 14.7%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Uruguay peaked at 17.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2022.

Uruguay ranks 29th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 16.7%
2009 17.2% +2.6%
2010 15.9% -7.5%
2011 16.4% +3.4%
2012 15.6% -5.2%
2015 16.6% +6.3%
2016 16.9% +2.0%
2017 16.0% -5.6%
2018 16.4% +2.8%
2019 16.2% -1.0%
2020 15.3% -5.9%
2021 16.8% +9.6%
2022 14.7% -12.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 17.0% 16.7% 17.2% 2
2010s 16.2% 15.6% 16.9% 8
2020s 15.6% 14.7% 16.8% 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 26 Georgia 18.3% compare
  2. 27 Serbia 18.0% compare
  3. 28 Türkiye 15.7% compare

See the full ranking of 29 places →

More work & labour data for Uruguay

All data for Uruguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Uruguay?
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash in Uruguay was 14.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 2009.
What is the lowest beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2022.
How does Uruguay rank for beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash?
Uruguay ranks 29th out of 29 countries with data for 2022.
Is beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - unconditional cash rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Uruguay. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/beneficiary-incidence-in-2nd-quintile-percent-unconditional-cash-transfers-urban/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/beneficiary-incidence-in-2nd-quintile-percent-unconditional-cash-transfers-urban/uruguay/">Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash in Uruguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 245 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population