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

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

Countries reporting
29
Highest
100.0%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0%
Albania
Median
42.4%
Years covered
19
2004–2022
Data points
240

What the numbers show

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.4%, and the mean is 38.0%.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 2,062.9%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2020 up 27.0% rising
2 Vietnam 87.1% 2020 up 429.6% volatile
3 South Africa 86.4% 2021 up 17.4% rising
4 Thailand 85.4% 2021 — volatile
5 Peru 75.5% 2022 — volatile
6 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 69.1% 2017 up 182.0% rising
6 Kosovo 69.1% 2017 up 182.0% rising
8 Russia 64.0% 2017 up 21.1% rising
9 Argentina 63.1% 2022 up 29.2% rising
10 Serbia 52.7% 2022 down 13.4% falling
11 Armenia 51.9% 2022 up 107.7% rising
12 Indonesia 50.0% 2022 up 3.7% volatile
13 Sri Lanka 48.1% 2019 up 1.2% falling
14 Chile 43.5% 2022 up 466.3% volatile
15 Georgia 42.4% 2021 up 22.3% rising
16 Colombia 27.2% 2022 up 1,133.7% volatile
17 El Salvador 24.6% 2022 down 1.9% rising
18 Pakistan 23.1% 2018 up 2,062.9% volatile
19 Kyrgyzstan 18.1% 2020 up 17.5% falling
20 Turkey 12.0% 2019 down 46.5% volatile
21 Costa Rica 8.1% 2022 down 55.7% volatile
22 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 95.6% volatile
23 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
23 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
23 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
23 Belarus 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
23 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
23 Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
23 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 240 data points, 2004–2022
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Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)