Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - 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
31.1%
Argentina
Lowest
14.1%
Uruguay
Median
24.3%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 31.1% in Argentina; the lowest is 14.1% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.3%, and the mean is 24.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 55.3%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 30.2%).
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 | 30.0% | 2022 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 29.7% | 2018 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 29.1% | 2019 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 5 | South Africa | 28.6% | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 6 | Chile | 28.3% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.2% | 2020 | up 25.5% | flat |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 27.6% | 2022 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 27.1% | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 26.9% | 2020 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 11 | Armenia | 26.0% | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 12 | Ukraine | 25.0% | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 13 | Belarus | 24.7% | 2019 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 14 | Georgia | 24.7% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 24.5% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 24.1% | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 17 | Peru | 23.8% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 18 | Romania | 23.2% | 2021 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 19 | Albania | 23.1% | 2018 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 20 | Moldova | 22.6% | 2018 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 22.6% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 22.5% | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 23 | Russia | 22.1% | 2017 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 21.9% | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 20.0% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 26 | Vietnam | 19.8% | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 27 | Kosovo | 19.2% | 2017 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 27 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.2% | 2017 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 29 | Turkey | 15.7% | 2019 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 14.1% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population