Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
92.6%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.1%
Mexico
Median
28.9%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
251

What the numbers show

Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 92.6% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.9%, and the mean is 35.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 841.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,137.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 94.4%).

Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 92.6% 2020 up 4.7% flat
2 South Africa 84.4% 2021 up 25.4% rising
3 Vietnam 84.3% 2020 up 202.1% volatile
4 Thailand 83.4% 2021 up 816.1% volatile
5 Peru 69.8% 2022 volatile
6 Russia 68.7% 2017 up 165.6% rising
7 Poland 56.9% 2019 up 79.0% flat
8 Romania 56.7% 2021 down 4.8% falling
9 Chile 44.6% 2022 up 59.2% rising
10 Indonesia 42.0% 2022 up 34.1% volatile
11 Argentina 37.9% 2022 up 36.8% rising
12 El Salvador 30.4% 2022 up 276.3% volatile
13 Ukraine 29.2% 2018 up 53.4% rising
14 Sri Lanka 29.1% 2019 down 4.9% falling
15 Colombia 28.8% 2022 up 2,137.5% volatile
16 Belarus 28.6% 2019 down 18.5% falling
17 Armenia 24.7% 2022 up 56.1% rising
18 Moldova 21.9% 2018 up 57.3% rising
19 Georgia 17.8% 2021 down 6.3% flat
20 Kazakhstan 16.7% 2021 up 1,843.7% volatile
21 Pakistan 14.4% 2018 up 557.9% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 9.4% 2020 up 32.4% rising
23 Uruguay 8.5% 2022 down 23.1% falling
24 Albania 5.2% 2018 down 50.4% volatile
25 Turkey 4.9% 2019 down 16.3% rising
26 Serbia 4.5% 2022 down 65.9% falling
27 Costa Rica 3.8% 2022 down 78.0% volatile
28 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 94.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 251 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

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