Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 87.3% in Vietnam; the lowest is 2.6% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.0%, and the mean is 28.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 3,626.1%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 70.9%).
Coverage (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 87.3% | 2020 | up 263.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 83.9% | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 3 | Thailand | 63.4% | 2021 | up 3,626.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 54.8% | 2017 | up 194.7% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 52.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 6 | South Africa | 49.1% | 2021 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 7 | Romania | 48.5% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 41.9% | 2019 | up 167.0% | rising |
| 9 | El Salvador | 31.8% | 2022 | up 1,922.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Indonesia | 29.8% | 2022 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Chile | 29.7% | 2022 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 26.3% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 22.8% | 2018 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 20.0% | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 15.7% | 2022 | up 1,885.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Armenia | 14.5% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 14.1% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 18 | Moldova | 13.9% | 2018 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 12.7% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 11.9% | 2019 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2021 | up 2,280.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Turkey | 5.2% | 2019 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 4.5% | 2018 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2018 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.8% | 2020 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia | 3.7% | 2022 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 2.6% | 2022 | down 69.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 6.3%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Cash Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)