Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 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 is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 93.6% in Georgia; the lowest is 2.0% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.9%, and the mean is 36.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 258.8%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 85.6%).
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 36.7% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 92.9% | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 80.8% | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 69.2% | 2019 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 62.8% | 2021 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 62.2% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ukraine | 62.0% | 2020 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 61.3% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.9% | 2020 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 48.6% | 2021 | up 160.4% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 47.1% | 2022 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 44.0% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 12 | Kosovo | 44.0% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 14 | South Africa | 39.7% | 2021 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Türkiye | 37.3% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 35.6% | 2020 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 33.6% | 2022 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 31.4% | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 30.9% | 2022 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 30.3% | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 28.5% | 2021 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 27.7% | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 27.0% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 25.7% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 19.0% | 2020 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Indonesia | 18.2% | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 17.1% | 2021 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 16.5% | 2021 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 15.3% | 2019 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 13.4% | 2022 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 31 | Paraguay | 13.1% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 32 | El Salvador | 12.9% | 2022 | up 258.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.6% | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 8.9% | 2018 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 35 | Malawi | 8.3% | 2019 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 7.1% | 2019 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 2.0% | 2022 | down 85.6% | 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