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Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country

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

Countries reporting
29
Highest
28.5%
South Africa
Lowest
0.0%
Albania
Median
1.3%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
240

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 28.5% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.3%, and the mean is 3.6%.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 248.1%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 28.5% 2021 up 22.6% flat
2 Georgia 16.2% 2021 down 28.4% falling
3 Pakistan 12.7% 2018 up 220.6% rising
4 Colombia 8.8% 2022 down 24.1% rising
5 Indonesia 5.1% 2022 down 80.6% volatile
6 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.8% 2017 down 70.8% falling
6 Kosovo 4.8% 2017 down 70.8% falling
8 Mexico 4.1% 2020 down 59.9% falling
9 Serbia 3.7% 2022 up 248.1% volatile
10 Peru 3.5% 2022 — falling
11 Armenia 2.4% 2022 up 33.0% rising
12 Costa Rica 2.3% 2022 down 7.8% volatile
13 Sri Lanka 2.0% 2019 down 70.2% volatile
14 Kyrgyzstan 1.7% 2020 down 40.2% volatile
15 El Salvador 1.3% 2022 down 92.3% volatile
16 Argentina 1.3% 2022 down 0.5% rising
17 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 down 77.8% volatile
18 Viet Nam 0.7% 2020 down 65.1% volatile
19 Chile 0.4% 2022 down 32.2% volatile
20 Russian Federation 0.3% 2017 down 62.0% volatile
21 Thailand 0.0% 2021 — volatile
22 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 down 99.4% volatile
23 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
23 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
23 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
23 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
23 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
23 Belarus 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
23 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 240 data points, 2004–2022
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Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population