Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
26
Highest
33.6%
Uruguay
Lowest
2.2%
Costa Rica
Median
8.6%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
222
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 33.6% in Uruguay; the lowest is 2.2% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.6%, and the mean is 10.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 301.6%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 80.3%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 33.6% | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 28.3% | 2020 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 3 | El Salvador | 23.1% | 2022 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 16.3% | 2022 | up 301.6% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 14.5% | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 14.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 13.5% | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 12.8% | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 9 | Belarus | 12.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 10.6% | 2020 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 11 | Poland | 10.3% | 2019 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 9.2% | 2018 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 8.7% | 2018 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Serbia | 8.5% | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 7.7% | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 7.4% | 2021 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.6% | 2020 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 6.4% | 2019 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 6.3% | 2019 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Kosovo | 6.0% | 2017 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 6.0% | 2017 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 4.6% | 2020 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 4.2% | 2021 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 4.1% | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 2.4% | 2022 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 2.2% | 2022 | up 69.9% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population