Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Kosovo 2.5%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)