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

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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
94.4%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.1%
Mexico
Median
28.4%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
251

What the numbers show

Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 94.4% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.4%, and the mean is 35.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 752.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,033.7%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 93.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 94.4% 2020 up 6.2% flat
2 Vietnam 84.9% 2020 up 200.5% volatile
3 South Africa 84.0% 2021 up 27.0% rising
4 Thailand 82.6% 2021 up 780.1% volatile
5 Peru 69.0% 2022 volatile
6 Russia 63.2% 2017 up 144.4% rising
7 Romania 58.0% 2021 down 9.4% falling
8 Poland 56.7% 2019 up 99.9% flat
9 Chile 44.0% 2022 up 54.6% rising
10 Indonesia 42.4% 2022 up 35.3% volatile
11 Argentina 40.9% 2022 up 31.2% rising
12 Sri Lanka 30.5% 2019 down 1.7% falling
13 El Salvador 30.2% 2022 up 273.1% volatile
14 Colombia 28.8% 2022 up 1,799.7% volatile
15 Ukraine 27.9% 2018 up 40.8% rising
16 Belarus 27.1% 2019 down 13.6% falling
17 Armenia 24.7% 2022 up 37.3% rising
18 Moldova 18.9% 2018 up 54.7% rising
19 Georgia 18.7% 2021 down 7.0% falling
20 Kazakhstan 17.5% 2021 up 2,033.7% volatile
21 Pakistan 14.8% 2018 up 496.6% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 10.9% 2020 up 37.9% rising
23 Uruguay 9.7% 2022 down 19.7% falling
24 Serbia 5.2% 2022 down 59.3% falling
25 Albania 5.2% 2018 down 44.3% volatile
26 Costa Rica 4.8% 2022 down 74.6% volatile
27 Turkey 4.1% 2019 down 33.7% rising
28 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 93.2% 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
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)