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
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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