Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 17.6% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.3% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.9%, and the mean is 5.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 297.9%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 88.8%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 17.6% | 2021 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 2 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 11.9% | 2017 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Kosovo | 11.9% | 2017 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.7% | 2020 | up 200.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 9.5% | 2021 | up 180.6% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 8.5% | 2022 | up 297.9% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 8.3% | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 8.0% | 2019 | up 275.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Armenia | 7.4% | 2022 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 6.7% | 2022 | up 212.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Ecuador | 6.1% | 2022 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 5.7% | 2021 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 5.6% | 2018 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 4.7% | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 4.6% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 4.6% | 2022 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 4.0% | 2018 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 18 | Argentina | 3.9% | 2022 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 19 | Mongolia | 3.8% | 2020 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 20 | Thailand | 3.5% | 2021 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 3.5% | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 22 | Türkiye | 3.4% | 2019 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 3.3% | 2020 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 3.2% | 2021 | up 133.6% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.5% | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 2.3% | 2019 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 2.3% | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 2.0% | 2020 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 2.0% | 2019 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 1.6% | 2022 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 1.6% | 2019 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 1.3% | 2022 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2022 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 34 | El Salvador | 0.8% | 2022 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 85.0% | 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