Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country

Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
29
Highest
98.4%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.1%
Mexico
Median
34.4%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
251

What the numbers show

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.4%, and the mean is 41.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 918.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,134.2%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 96.2%).

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 98.4% 2020 up 11.8% rising
2 Thailand 87.2% 2021 up 690.7% volatile
3 South Africa 86.5% 2021 up 16.8% rising
4 Viet Nam 82.2% 2020 up 263.8% volatile
5 Romania 75.6% 2021 down 4.4% flat
6 Peru 75.2% 2022 β€” volatile
7 Russian Federation 67.6% 2017 up 70.9% rising
8 Poland 66.8% 2019 up 33.7% falling
9 Argentina 59.7% 2022 up 15.4% rising
10 Chile 53.1% 2022 up 152.1% rising
11 Indonesia 46.9% 2022 up 6.0% volatile
12 Sri Lanka 38.3% 2019 down 12.3% falling
13 Belarus 35.8% 2019 down 19.1% falling
14 Ukraine 35.0% 2018 up 20.3% rising
15 Armenia 34.4% 2022 up 38.6% rising
16 Georgia 33.1% 2021 down 4.5% flat
17 Colombia 31.7% 2022 up 2,134.2% volatile
18 Republic of Moldova 30.5% 2018 up 43.0% rising
19 El Salvador 26.7% 2022 up 63.7% rising
20 Kazakhstan 25.9% 2021 up 1,184.0% volatile
21 Pakistan 20.5% 2018 up 1,695.8% volatile
22 Kosovo 19.5% 2017 up 31.5% rising
23 TΓΌrkiye 18.8% 2019 up 6.7% rising
24 Kyrgyzstan 13.4% 2020 down 8.7% falling
25 Serbia 12.2% 2022 down 52.7% falling
26 Albania 10.8% 2018 down 35.5% volatile
27 Costa Rica 9.8% 2022 down 62.5% volatile
28 Uruguay 3.9% 2022 down 38.4% falling
29 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 96.2% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 251 data points, 2004–2022
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Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)