Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country

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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
88.2%
Vietnam
Lowest
0.1%
Mexico
Median
14.1%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
251

What the numbers show

Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 88.2% in Vietnam; the lowest is 0.1% in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.1%, and the mean is 24.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 894.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 3,495.9%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 88.3%).

Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vietnam 88.2% 2020 up 236.2% volatile
2 Mongolia 77.8% 2020 down 8.0% falling
3 Thailand 65.3% 2021 up 1,301.9% volatile
4 Russia 52.5% 2017 up 240.7% rising
5 Peru 49.9% 2022 volatile
6 South Africa 42.2% 2021 up 47.4% rising
7 Romania 39.0% 2021 down 0.8% flat
8 Poland 36.1% 2019 up 383.0% volatile
9 El Salvador 33.7% 2022 up 931.7% volatile
10 Indonesia 30.7% 2022 up 144.9% volatile
11 Ukraine 21.1% 2018 up 91.5% rising
12 Uruguay 20.6% 2022 down 0.6% falling
13 Chile 19.6% 2022 up 4.9% flat
14 Belarus 14.9% 2019 down 32.0% falling
15 Moldova 13.2% 2018 up 61.2% rising
16 Armenia 12.7% 2022 up 40.1% rising
17 Colombia 11.6% 2022 up 3,495.9% volatile
18 Sri Lanka 11.5% 2019 down 9.3% falling
19 Georgia 8.2% 2021 down 6.2% falling
20 Argentina 7.9% 2022 up 78.5% volatile
21 Kazakhstan 6.6% 2021 up 2,189.5% volatile
22 Kyrgyzstan 4.6% 2020 up 31.4% rising
23 Pakistan 4.3% 2018 up 28.3% falling
24 Albania 2.6% 2018 down 15.4% volatile
25 Serbia 2.3% 2022 down 53.3% falling
26 Costa Rica 0.7% 2022 down 83.8% volatile
27 Turkey 0.6% 2019 down 58.6% volatile
28 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 88.3% volatile

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 4th 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)