Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - 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
61.3%
Georgia
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
9.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
255
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 61.3% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.0%, and the mean is 13.3%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 61.3% | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 2 | Armenia | 32.1% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 31.0% | 2017 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 31.0% | 2017 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 5 | South Africa | 28.7% | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 25.4% | 2022 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 22.0% | 2022 | up 188.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.2% | 2020 | up 82.8% | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 18.9% | 2020 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 10 | Pakistan | 16.9% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 11 | Poland | 11.9% | 2019 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 12 | Belarus | 10.9% | 2019 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 10.5% | 2022 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 10.1% | 2018 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 9.3% | 2022 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 16 | Romania | 8.7% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 6.8% | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 6.7% | 2019 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 6.3% | 2019 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 6.0% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 4.7% | 2020 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 4.7% | 2021 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 4.1% | 2020 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 24 | Ukraine | 3.2% | 2018 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 25 | Chile | 3.2% | 2022 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 2.2% | 2022 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 1.6% | 2017 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2021 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Albania | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population