Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance 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 is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 93.6% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.5% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.6%, and the mean is 24.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 1,597.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 88.3%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 93.6% | 2021 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 53.3% | 2022 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 49.2% | 2019 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 45.7% | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 42.0% | 2017 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 42.0% | 2017 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 39.3% | 2022 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 31.2% | 2021 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 29.1% | 2021 | up 207.7% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 28.4% | 2023 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 27.9% | 2019 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.9% | 2020 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 24.6% | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 24.6% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 24.4% | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ecuador | 23.1% | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mongolia | 22.8% | 2020 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 21.6% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 19 | Chile | 19.9% | 2022 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 18.2% | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 17.2% | 2020 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.9% | 2021 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 15.9% | 2022 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 14.2% | 2021 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 13.1% | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 12.7% | 2022 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 27 | Türkiye | 12.3% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 12.1% | 2022 | up 1,597.3% | rising |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 11.9% | 2019 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 8.3% | 2019 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 7.0% | 2019 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 6.8% | 2021 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Ukraine | 5.8% | 2020 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 5.7% | 2018 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 35 | Colombia | 1.5% | 2022 | down 88.3% | 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