Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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
32.4%
Uruguay
Lowest
0.7%
Costa Rica
Median
4.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
256
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 32.4% in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.7% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.6%, and the mean is 8.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 505.1%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 91.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 32.4% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 19.8% | 2020 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 3 | El Salvador | 18.8% | 2022 | up 505.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Mongolia | 15.1% | 2020 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 5 | Thailand | 14.8% | 2021 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 13.8% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Poland | 12.4% | 2019 | up 241.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Peru | 12.0% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 12.0% | 2017 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 10.3% | 2022 | up 174.4% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 9.6% | 2018 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 6.5% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 6.1% | 2019 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 5.5% | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 4.7% | 2020 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 4.6% | 2018 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 4.5% | 2019 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 18 | Georgia | 4.4% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 19 | Armenia | 4.3% | 2022 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 20 | Kosovo | 4.1% | 2017 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 20 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 4.1% | 2017 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 4.0% | 2022 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.4% | 2020 | down 45.0% | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 3.4% | 2021 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 25 | Albania | 3.2% | 2018 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.0% | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 27 | Türkiye | 1.9% | 2019 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Argentina | 1.7% | 2022 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 1.5% | 2018 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 0.7% | 2022 | down 9.9% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population