Beneficiary incidence in 4th 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
30.8%
Uruguay
Lowest
3.6%
Türkiye
Median
12.3%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 30.8% in Uruguay; the lowest is 3.6% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.3%, and the mean is 13.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 145.4%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 59.6%).
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 30.8% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 2 | El Salvador | 21.9% | 2022 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 21.2% | 2020 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 20.5% | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 20.1% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 19.6% | 2018 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 19.1% | 2020 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 8 | Thailand | 18.0% | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 17.6% | 2019 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 17.1% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 16.7% | 2017 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 12 | Indonesia | 16.5% | 2022 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 14.5% | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 13.0% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 12.4% | 2022 | up 44.2% | falling |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 12.1% | 2018 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 17 | Albania | 11.6% | 2018 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 10.8% | 2019 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 9.6% | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.6% | 2020 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 8.6% | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 8.3% | 2022 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 23 | Serbia | 8.2% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 24 | Pakistan | 7.4% | 2018 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 25 | Georgia | 7.1% | 2021 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 26 | Argentina | 5.8% | 2022 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2022 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Kosovo | 3.7% | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.7% | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 30 | Türkiye | 3.6% | 2019 | down 36.1% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population