Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group
What the numbers show
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 108.0% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.5% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.6%, and the mean is 28.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 1,588.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 92.4%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 108.0% | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 61.2% | 2022 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 56.8% | 2019 | up 136.2% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 55.8% | 2022 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 46.0% | 2020 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 46.0% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 7 | Romania | 41.1% | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 38.5% | 2017 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 8 | Kosovo | 38.5% | 2017 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 10 | Chile | 38.0% | 2022 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 33.7% | 2021 | up 205.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Panama | 33.4% | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 30.4% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 29.2% | 2019 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 28.5% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.4% | 2020 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 25.8% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 25.6% | 2020 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 25.1% | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 20 | Republic of Moldova | 23.9% | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.3% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 20.9% | 2022 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 18.4% | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 17.8% | 2022 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 25 | Türkiye | 16.5% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 15.6% | 2019 | up 121.1% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 15.0% | 2021 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 14.5% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 12.2% | 2022 | up 1,588.0% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 10.2% | 2019 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 7.5% | 2020 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 7.2% | 2019 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 7.0% | 2021 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 6.4% | 2018 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 1.5% | 2022 | down 92.4% | volatile |
About this data
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group