Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers by country
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 85.8% in Vietnam; the lowest is 0.0% in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5%, and the mean is 17.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,901.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,772.2%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 91.1%).
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 85.8% | 2020 | up 243.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 60.2% | 2020 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 3 | Thailand | 57.1% | 2021 | up 1,854.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 41.2% | 2017 | up 243.5% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 35.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 6 | El Salvador | 28.3% | 2022 | up 2,640.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Romania | 28.2% | 2021 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 26.0% | 2019 | up 623.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Uruguay | 19.3% | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 10 | Indonesia | 19.1% | 2022 | up 352.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Belarus | 13.5% | 2019 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 13 | Ukraine | 9.2% | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 8.0% | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 15 | Moldova | 7.5% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | Chile | 6.6% | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 5.0% | 2019 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 18 | Georgia | 4.4% | 2021 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 3.7% | 2021 | up 2,772.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2022 | up 1,224.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 2.0% | 2022 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Serbia | 1.9% | 2022 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.8% | 2020 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 0.8% | 2018 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Albania | 0.7% | 2018 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Turkey | 0.5% | 2019 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2022 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2020 | down 91.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 1.7%
- South Africa 9.6%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)