Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -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

Countries reporting
37
Highest
70.9%
South Africa
Lowest
4.5%
Malawi
Median
28.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
372

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 70.9% in South Africa; the lowest is 4.5% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.3%, and the mean is 29.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 413.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 74.5%).

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 70.9% 2021 up 235.8% rising
2 Thailand 60.6% 2021 up 413.4% volatile
3 Poland 57.4% 2019 up 8.7% flat
4 Romania 53.0% 2021 up 7.3% rising
5 Serbia 51.2% 2022 up 4.7% rising
6 Türkiye 47.9% 2019 up 25.3% rising
7 Belarus 46.2% 2019 up 45.9% rising
8 Brazil 45.6% 2022 down 5.7% falling
9 Kazakhstan 44.7% 2021 up 152.5% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 43.1% 2018 up 35.1% rising
11 Uruguay 39.8% 2022 up 8.9% falling
12 Kyrgyzstan 37.4% 2020 up 18.6% rising
13 Armenia 37.4% 2022 up 19.3% rising
14 Ukraine 35.4% 2020 down 11.9% falling
15 Georgia 34.5% 2021 up 31.8% rising
16 Argentina 33.3% 2022 down 7.2% falling
17 Mongolia 28.5% 2020 up 63.1% rising
18 Côte d'Ivoire 28.5% 2021 up 5.0% volatile
19 Costa Rica 28.3% 2022 up 27.5% flat
20 Kosovo 25.9% 2017 up 36.1% rising
20 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 25.9% 2017 up 36.1% rising
22 Chile 24.2% 2022 up 44.4% rising
23 Mexico 22.7% 2022 up 8.6% falling
24 Pakistan 22.2% 2018 up 2.2% flat
25 Panama 19.6% 2023 up 23.9% falling
26 Ecuador 19.1% 2022 up 0.7% rising
27 Colombia 15.6% 2022 up 22.5% rising
28 Sri Lanka 14.3% 2019 up 9.9% rising
29 Dominican Republic 10.7% 2021 up 1.9% falling
30 Viet Nam 10.5% 2020 down 35.8% falling
31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.8% 2021 down 33.2% volatile
32 Paraguay 8.8% 2022 down 71.9% volatile
33 Indonesia 8.1% 2022 down 25.3% falling
34 Peru 7.5% 2022 down 67.1% falling
35 Honduras 6.5% 2019 down 69.1% volatile
36 El Salvador 5.6% 2022 down 74.5% falling
37 Malawi 4.5% 2019 up 39.2% falling

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
37 places, 372 data points, 2002–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group