Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance -urban 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 -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 83.6% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.2% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.4%, and the mean is 22.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 1,151.6%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 89.1%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 83.6% | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 52.8% | 2022 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 47.7% | 2019 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 46.6% | 2022 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 41.8% | 2017 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 41.8% | 2017 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 36.0% | 2022 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 30.0% | 2021 | up 195.1% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 25.3% | 2019 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Romania | 24.7% | 2021 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 24.6% | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.3% | 2020 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 22.9% | 2020 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 21.1% | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 19.2% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 16 | Chile | 19.2% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 18.6% | 2018 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 18 | Ecuador | 18.3% | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 17.0% | 2023 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 16.8% | 2022 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Uruguay | 15.7% | 2022 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 13.6% | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 23 | Türkiye | 12.3% | 2019 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 12.1% | 2020 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 9.0% | 2019 | up 162.7% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 8.6% | 2022 | up 1,151.6% | flat |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.1% | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Paraguay | 8.0% | 2022 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 7.9% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 7.7% | 2021 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 6.1% | 2020 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 32 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2018 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | 3.5% | 2019 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 1.2% | 2022 | down 89.1% | 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