Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance -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 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 56.2% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.7% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 14.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 764.3%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 92.1%).
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 56.2% | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 28.4% | 2019 | up 133.6% | rising |
| 3 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 27.9% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 3 | Kosovo | 27.9% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 5 | Serbia | 26.2% | 2022 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 26.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 25.2% | 2022 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 23.1% | 2021 | up 196.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.9% | 2020 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 17.0% | 2021 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 16.7% | 2019 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Chile | 16.4% | 2022 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 14.4% | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 14 | Mexico | 13.6% | 2022 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 15 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 12.8% | 2020 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 17 | Ecuador | 12.6% | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 11.6% | 2018 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 11.1% | 2022 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Panama | 10.6% | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Türkiye | 10.2% | 2019 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 8.8% | 2021 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 8.5% | 2020 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 7.6% | 2019 | up 265.8% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 6.4% | 2022 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.7% | 2021 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 5.2% | 2022 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 4.9% | 2021 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 29 | El Salvador | 4.3% | 2022 | up 764.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 4.3% | 2020 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 31 | Peru | 4.1% | 2022 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 32 | Pakistan | 4.0% | 2018 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2019 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 87.6% | 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