Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural by country
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 84.8% in Vietnam; the lowest is 5.7% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.2%, and the mean is 36.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,598.8%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 68.4%).
Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 84.8% | 2020 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 82.6% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 3 | Thailand | 81.0% | 2021 | up 748.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 79.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 5 | South Africa | 77.4% | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 63.8% | 2017 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 53.1% | 2019 | up 78.6% | flat |
| 8 | Romania | 51.5% | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 9 | Indonesia | 42.2% | 2022 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Chile | 42.2% | 2022 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 31.0% | 2022 | up 2,598.8% | volatile |
| 12 | El Salvador | 27.6% | 2022 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 27.2% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 25.9% | 2022 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 22.9% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 16 | Ukraine | 21.5% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 18.8% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Moldova | 18.8% | 2018 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 15.7% | 2021 | up 1,353.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Pakistan | 13.2% | 2018 | up 545.0% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2020 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 9.8% | 2013 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 8.9% | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 6.3% | 2022 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 5.7% | 2022 | down 68.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 7.8%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)