Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
24
Highest
45.5%
Uruguay
Lowest
2.8%
Costa Rica
Median
9.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
202
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 45.5% in Uruguay; the lowest is 2.8% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.0%, and the mean is 12.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 129.1%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 90.3%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 45.5% | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 2 | Vietnam | 27.9% | 2020 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 3 | El Salvador | 26.3% | 2022 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 4 | Colombia | 23.3% | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 5 | Peru | 21.7% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 20.8% | 2022 | up 129.1% | rising |
| 7 | Moldova | 15.9% | 2018 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 12.8% | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 12.2% | 2019 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 10.6% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 10.1% | 2020 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 12 | Belarus | 9.3% | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 8.8% | 2022 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 14 | Pakistan | 8.2% | 2018 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Ukraine | 7.1% | 2018 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 16 | Chile | 7.1% | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 7.0% | 2019 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | 2020 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Kosovo | 5.3% | 2017 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 19 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.3% | 2017 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 3.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Georgia | 3.7% | 2021 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 23 | Turkey | 2.9% | 2013 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 2.8% | 2022 | down 16.8% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population