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

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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
88.5%
South Africa
Lowest
3.5%
Serbia
Median
27.1%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
225

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 88.5% in South Africa; the lowest is 3.5% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.1%, and the mean is 37.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,290.4%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 70.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 88.5% 2021 up 24.2% rising
2 Vietnam 86.2% 2020 up 176.4% volatile
3 Mongolia 85.5% 2020 up 3.9% flat
4 Thailand 82.8% 2021 up 791.2% volatile
5 Peru 81.5% 2022 volatile
6 Russia 67.1% 2017 up 104.2% rising
7 Poland 52.9% 2019 up 92.0% flat
8 Romania 47.6% 2021 down 21.5% falling
9 Indonesia 43.5% 2022 up 53.5% volatile
10 Chile 42.6% 2022 up 79.8% rising
11 Colombia 36.0% 2022 up 2,290.4% volatile
12 El Salvador 29.5% 2022 up 115.0% rising
13 Armenia 27.1% 2022 up 58.2% rising
14 Belarus 26.2% 2019 down 2.5% flat
15 Sri Lanka 22.8% 2019 down 2.0% falling
16 Moldova 17.3% 2018 up 44.5% rising
17 Ukraine 17.3% 2018 up 3.4% rising
18 Georgia 16.5% 2021 up 29.5% flat
19 Kazakhstan 16.2% 2021 up 2,254.2% volatile
20 Pakistan 14.2% 2018 up 631.7% rising
21 Kyrgyzstan 10.6% 2020 up 436.7% volatile
22 Uruguay 8.5% 2022 down 16.8% falling
23 Costa Rica 6.0% 2022 down 70.9% volatile
24 Turkey 5.9% 2013 down 69.8% volatile
25 Serbia 3.5% 2022 down 42.5% 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 -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 225 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

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