Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Insurance -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 Insurance -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 150.8% in Thailand; the lowest is 27.3% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.9%, and the mean is 55.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 110.8%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 66.6%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 150.8% | 2021 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 117.2% | 2019 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 106.9% | 2021 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 89.1% | 2022 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 80.6% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 69.6% | 2021 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Ukraine | 66.6% | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 62.5% | 2018 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 9 | Colombia | 62.5% | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 60.4% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 60.2% | 2019 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 59.4% | 2021 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 57.9% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 57.5% | 2019 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.7% | 2020 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 53.4% | 2020 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.9% | 2021 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 45.9% | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 45.4% | 2022 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 20 | Uruguay | 44.6% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 44.2% | 2022 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 22 | Kosovo | 43.0% | 2017 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 22 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 43.0% | 2017 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 42.0% | 2020 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 39.1% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 26 | Argentina | 37.4% | 2022 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 35.7% | 2022 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 34.5% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 33.4% | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 33.0% | 2018 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 31 | Mexico | 32.2% | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 31.0% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 33 | El Salvador | 30.0% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 27.3% | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
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