Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
30
Highest
97.7%
Vietnam
Lowest
0.0%
Albania
Median
46.0%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
255

What the numbers show

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 97.7% in Vietnam; the lowest is 0.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.0%, and the mean is 48.7%.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 889.5%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 100.0%).

Coverage in extreme poor … preT Unconditional Cash Transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vietnam 97.7% 2020 up 189.1% volatile
2 Thailand 96.9% 2021 up 444.1% volatile
3 Mongolia 91.4% 2020 up 9.2% flat
4 Argentina 87.8% 2022 up 9.8% rising
5 South Africa 86.2% 2021 up 14.8% rising
6 Russia 85.6% 2017 up 61.8% rising
7 Peru 79.5% 2022 — volatile
8 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 70.0% 2017 up 71.0% rising
8 Kosovo 70.0% 2017 up 71.0% rising
10 Armenia 63.1% 2022 up 22.8% rising
11 Sri Lanka 61.5% 2019 up 22.3% rising
12 Belarus 60.4% 2019 up 24.3% rising
13 Indonesia 60.1% 2022 up 24.7% volatile
14 Romania 51.1% 2021 down 13.5% falling
15 Poland 49.9% 2019 up 30.3% falling
16 Moldova 42.0% 2018 up 45.2% rising
17 Chile 36.7% 2022 up 403.4% volatile
18 Ukraine 36.7% 2018 up 19.4% rising
19 Georgia 35.9% 2021 down 9.7% falling
20 Colombia 28.0% 2022 up 889.5% volatile
21 El Salvador 27.8% 2022 up 11.8% rising
22 Kazakhstan 27.7% 2021 up 451.9% volatile
23 Pakistan 27.0% 2018 up 556.4% rising
24 Costa Rica 26.8% 2022 down 24.8% rising
25 Kyrgyzstan 23.9% 2020 up 42.6% rising
26 Serbia 22.6% 2022 down 52.5% falling
27 Turkey 15.8% 2019 down 38.2% rising
28 Mexico 0.3% 2020 down 91.1% volatile
29 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
29 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 255 data points, 2004–2022
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Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)