Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
26
Highest
0.6394 poorest
Serbia
Lowest
0.0418 poorest
Uruguay
Median
0.4292 poorest
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 0.6394 poorest in Serbia; the lowest is 0.0418 poorest in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4292 poorest, and the mean is 0.4172 poorest.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 102.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 58.9%).
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 0.6394 poorest | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 2 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.6029 poorest | 2017 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 2 | Kosovo | 0.6029 poorest | 2017 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 0.5766 poorest | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 0.5765 poorest | 2022 | up 27.1% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 0.575 poorest | 2019 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 0.5308 poorest | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0.5269 poorest | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | Belarus | 0.5132 poorest | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4721 poorest | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 11 | Poland | 0.4617 poorest | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0.4335 poorest | 2018 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 13 | Armenia | 0.4297 poorest | 2022 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 14 | Romania | 0.4288 poorest | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4229 poorest | 2018 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.4145 poorest | 2019 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 0.4049 poorest | 2022 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 0.367 poorest | 2020 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.3652 poorest | 2018 | up 102.4% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 0.3202 poorest | 2020 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 0.2591 poorest | 2022 | — | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 0.2511 poorest | 2020 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 0.2459 poorest | 2022 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.2351 poorest | 2022 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.149 poorest | 2022 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0418 poorest | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)