Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the 1st quintile (poorest) relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
25
Highest
58.5%
Costa Rica
Lowest
4.1%
Uruguay
Median
34.3%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
211
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 58.5% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 4.1% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.3%, and the mean is 35.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 737.8%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 51.5%).
Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 58.5% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 55.2% | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 52.9% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 52.8% | 2022 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 51.6% | 2017 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 51.6% | 2017 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 7 | Argentina | 46.0% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 38.4% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 37.9% | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.7% | 2020 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 11 | Chile | 37.6% | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 34.6% | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 34.3% | 2018 | up 737.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Ukraine | 33.9% | 2018 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 30.6% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 16 | Belarus | 30.4% | 2019 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 17 | Mongolia | 29.1% | 2020 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 28.4% | 2018 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 27.8% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 27.4% | 2021 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 23.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Indonesia | 21.5% | 2022 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 17.1% | 2022 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 13.7% | 2020 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Uruguay | 4.1% | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the 1st quintile (poorest) relative to the total benefits going to the population