Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Poland

Poland: Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance was 20.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
20.1%
Change on year
up 91.4%
World rank
7th
of 34 countries
All-time high
20.1%
in 2019
All-time low
6.2%
in 2009
Years of data
12
2005–2019

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Poland, 2005–2019

51015202005201220192005: 7.92006: 82007: 7.72008: 6.82009: 6.22010: 6.72011: 6.82012: 6.92015: 9.42016: 102017: 10.52019: 20.1

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2019, adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance in Poland stood at 20.1%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 91.4% on the previous year and up 225.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance in Poland peaked at 20.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2009.

Poland ranks 7th of 34 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Poland, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance -rural in Poland, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 7.9%
2006 8.0% +2.3%
2007 7.7% -4.7%
2008 6.8% -10.7%
2009 6.2% -9.9%
2010 6.7% +9.1%
2011 6.8% +1.3%
2012 6.9% +1.8%
2015 9.4% +35.5%
2016 10.0% +6.8%
2017 10.5% +4.5%
2019 20.1% +91.4%

Poland compared with similar countries

  • Poland's 20.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.3%, 1.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
  • Poland's 20.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 13.4%, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.3% 6.2% 8.0% 5
2010s 10.1% 6.7% 20.1% 7

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 4 Chile 23.2% compare
  2. 5 Kosovo 21.2% compare
  3. 5 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 21.2% compare
  4. 8 Serbia 19.3% compare
  5. 9 Kazakhstan 18.3% compare
  6. 10 Ecuador 14.8% compare

See the full ranking of 34 places →

More work & labour data for Poland

All data for Poland →

Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance in Poland?
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance in Poland was 20.1% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2019.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2009.
How does Poland rank for adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance?
Poland ranks 7th out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
Is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - all social assistance rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is up 225.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Poland data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Poland. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/adequacy-of-benefits-in-4th-quintile-percent-all-social-assistance-rural/poland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/adequacy-of-benefits-in-4th-quintile-percent-all-social-assistance-rural/poland/">Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Poland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Assistance -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 329 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group