Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (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 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 25.9% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.4% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.1%, and the mean is 7.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 603.2%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 90.9%).
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 25.9% | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 14.2% | 2021 | up 166.4% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 14.1% | 2019 | up 241.1% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 13.8% | 2022 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 13.8% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 5 | Kosovo | 13.8% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 7 | Serbia | 13.6% | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 8 | Armenia | 12.7% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.7% | 2020 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 9.6% | 2022 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 8.9% | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 8.6% | 2018 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 8.1% | 2022 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Belarus | 8.0% | 2019 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 7.0% | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 16 | Ecuador | 6.7% | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 6.2% | 2020 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 18 | Argentina | 6.1% | 2022 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 6.0% | 2019 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 5.7% | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 5.2% | 2020 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 5.2% | 2021 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 5.0% | 2021 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Panama | 4.5% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.0% | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 3.9% | 2019 | up 144.1% | rising |
| 27 | Malawi | 3.4% | 2019 | up 126.7% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 3.4% | 2018 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 2.5% | 2020 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 30 | Paraguay | 2.4% | 2022 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 31 | Uruguay | 2.4% | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 2.4% | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 33 | El Salvador | 2.0% | 2022 | up 603.2% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 2.0% | 2019 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 90.9% | 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