Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
88.6%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.1%
Mexico
Median
18.5%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
251

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 88.6% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.5%, and the mean is 29.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 862.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,918.6%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 91.3%).

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 88.6% 2020 up 0.3% flat
2 Vietnam 86.3% 2020 up 223.3% volatile
3 Thailand 75.3% 2021 up 1,026.0% volatile
4 South Africa 70.9% 2021 up 41.0% rising
5 Peru 59.1% 2022 volatile
6 Russia 57.1% 2017 up 184.6% rising
7 Romania 54.8% 2021 down 1.2% flat
8 Poland 50.4% 2019 up 176.9% rising
9 Indonesia 35.1% 2022 up 71.3% volatile
10 Chile 33.8% 2022 up 23.3% rising
11 El Salvador 32.4% 2022 up 627.5% volatile
12 Colombia 20.9% 2022 up 2,918.6% volatile
13 Ukraine 19.2% 2018 up 36.7% rising
14 Argentina 18.6% 2022 up 19.8% rising
15 Sri Lanka 18.4% 2019 down 11.1% falling
16 Belarus 18.3% 2019 down 25.8% falling
17 Moldova 14.1% 2018 up 47.5% rising
18 Uruguay 13.7% 2022 down 17.0% falling
19 Armenia 12.4% 2022 up 8.9% rising
20 Georgia 9.1% 2021 down 18.2% falling
21 Pakistan 8.3% 2018 up 227.3% rising
22 Kazakhstan 8.1% 2021 up 1,887.6% volatile
23 Kyrgyzstan 6.6% 2020 up 7.0% rising
24 Serbia 3.5% 2022 down 59.6% falling
25 Albania 3.2% 2018 down 34.7% volatile
26 Turkey 1.8% 2019 down 14.3% volatile
27 Costa Rica 1.2% 2022 down 89.1% volatile
28 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 91.3% 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 3rd 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)