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

Countries reporting
35
Highest
93.6%
Georgia
Lowest
1.5%
Colombia
Median
21.6%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 348 data points, 2004–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group