Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers 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 is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 87.4% in Vietnam; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.1%, and the mean is 29.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 777.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,579.7%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 93.0%).
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 87.4% | 2020 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 86.5% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Thailand | 74.7% | 2021 | up 1,035.5% | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 71.6% | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 61.2% | 2017 | up 205.2% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 60.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Romania | 49.0% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 45.8% | 2019 | up 185.5% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 36.5% | 2022 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Chile | 32.0% | 2022 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 32.0% | 2022 | up 618.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 21.3% | 2022 | up 2,579.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 21.2% | 2022 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 19.6% | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 18.7% | 2018 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 18.1% | 2019 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 17 | Armenia | 15.6% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 15.4% | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 19 | Moldova | 13.2% | 2018 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 11.3% | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2021 | up 2,249.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 9.5% | 2018 | up 259.7% | rising |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.0% | 2020 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 3.2% | 2018 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Serbia | 2.2% | 2022 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 26 | Turkey | 1.9% | 2019 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 1.9% | 2022 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2020 | down 93.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 5.0%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)