Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural by country
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
24
Highest
30.4%
Costa Rica
Lowest
9.2%
Uruguay
Median
23.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
202
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 30.4% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 9.2% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.6%, and the mean is 22.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 414.1%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 38.5%).
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 30.4% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 28.8% | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Turkey | 28.8% | 2013 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 28.3% | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 27.6% | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 6 | Chile | 27.6% | 2022 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.5% | 2020 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 26.1% | 2018 | up 414.1% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 26.0% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 25.4% | 2020 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 23.9% | 2018 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 12 | Armenia | 23.7% | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 13 | Poland | 23.5% | 2019 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 14 | Romania | 22.7% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 15 | Serbia | 21.5% | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 20.4% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 19.3% | 2022 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 18 | Peru | 19.1% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 17.9% | 2018 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 20 | Vietnam | 17.0% | 2020 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 22 | Kosovo | 14.5% | 2017 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 22 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 14.5% | 2017 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 9.2% | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population