Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (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 Protection and Labor (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 155.6% in Thailand; the lowest is 5.2% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.4%, and the mean is 60.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 240.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 84.6%).
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 155.6% | 2021 | up 221.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 152.8% | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 132.8% | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 112.7% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 110.5% | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Georgia | 108.0% | 2021 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 97.8% | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 96.1% | 2020 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 91.1% | 2018 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 86.5% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 76.8% | 2019 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 76.7% | 2021 | up 198.2% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.4% | 2020 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 73.7% | 2021 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Chile | 69.7% | 2022 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 64.2% | 2020 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 61.1% | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 54.6% | 2020 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 19 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 54.4% | 2017 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 19 | Kosovo | 54.4% | 2017 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 21 | Uruguay | 41.4% | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 40.0% | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 23 | Argentina | 39.7% | 2022 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Panama | 39.4% | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 25 | Mexico | 35.4% | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 30.5% | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 28.5% | 2019 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 24.3% | 2018 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.3% | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 20.9% | 2022 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Paraguay | 19.1% | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 19.0% | 2019 | up 240.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 18.9% | 2021 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 34 | Peru | 16.3% | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 35 | El Salvador | 13.3% | 2022 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Honduras | 7.4% | 2019 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 5.2% | 2022 | down 77.8% | 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