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Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country

Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population

Countries reporting
25
Highest
19.9%
Georgia
Lowest
0.0%
Belarus
Median
1.1%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
207

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 19.9% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0% in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 2.6%.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 990.6%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 19.9% 2021 down 15.6% falling
2 Pakistan 9.0% 2018 up 990.6% volatile
3 Colombia 5.5% 2022 down 36.9% falling
4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.8% 2017 down 67.4% falling
4 Kosovo 4.8% 2017 down 67.4% falling
6 Indonesia 3.5% 2022 down 82.7% volatile
7 Serbia 2.8% 2022 up 320.9% volatile
8 Peru 2.8% 2022 — volatile
9 Mexico 2.6% 2020 down 68.0% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 1.9% 2020 down 36.2% volatile
11 Armenia 1.8% 2022 up 3.5% flat
12 Sri Lanka 1.5% 2019 down 76.2% volatile
13 El Salvador 1.1% 2022 down 89.8% volatile
14 Costa Rica 1.0% 2022 down 23.0% volatile
15 Argentina 1.0% 2022 up 8.1% falling
16 Chile 0.3% 2022 down 63.5% volatile
17 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 83.8% volatile
18 Viet Nam 0.0% 2020 down 85.5% volatile
19 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 down 99.6% volatile
20 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
20 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
20 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
20 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
20 Belarus 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 207 data points, 2004–2022
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Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population