Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - 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
What the numbers show
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 44.5% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.6% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 12.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 730.2%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 90.4%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 44.5% | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia | 27.4% | 2022 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia | 27.2% | 2022 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 4 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 26.0% | 2017 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 4 | Kosovo | 26.0% | 2017 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 23.7% | 2022 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 22.9% | 2019 | up 186.8% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 20.4% | 2021 | up 191.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 18.0% | 2022 | up 143.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.3% | 2020 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 11 | Ecuador | 14.2% | 2022 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 13.7% | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 12.9% | 2019 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 12.6% | 2022 | up 64.5% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 12.5% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 11.7% | 2018 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 11.3% | 2020 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Mongolia | 10.0% | 2020 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 9.5% | 2022 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Panama | 9.0% | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 8.7% | 2019 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 7.6% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 7.2% | 2021 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 5.9% | 2019 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 5.8% | 2022 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.4% | 2021 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 5.3% | 2019 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 4.8% | 2018 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2021 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 4.3% | 2020 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 31 | Uruguay | 4.2% | 2022 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 4.0% | 2022 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 33 | El Salvador | 3.4% | 2022 | up 730.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Honduras | 1.8% | 2019 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 86.8% | 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