Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Assistance 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
35
Highest
26.2%
Georgia
Lowest
0.3%
Colombia
Median
5.7%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 26.2% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.3% in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.7%, and the mean is 7.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 360.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 90.6%).

Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 26.2% 2021 up 80.2% rising
2 Armenia 23.5% 2022 up 194.9% volatile
3 Chile 12.6% 2022 up 338.5% volatile
4 Kazakhstan 12.6% 2021 up 221.6% volatile
5 Serbia 12.5% 2022 down 19.6% rising
6 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 12.4% 2017 down 56.1% volatile
6 Kosovo 12.4% 2017 down 56.1% volatile
8 Brazil 12.2% 2022 up 360.1% rising
9 Kyrgyzstan 11.9% 2020 up 145.2% volatile
10 Republic of Moldova 8.6% 2018 up 100.6% rising
11 Poland 8.5% 2019 up 200.2% rising
12 Ecuador 8.3% 2022 up 134.5% rising
13 Romania 8.0% 2021 down 2.1% rising
14 Belarus 7.1% 2019 up 92.1% volatile
15 Argentina 6.6% 2022 up 13.6% falling
16 Pakistan 6.1% 2018 down 65.4% falling
17 Costa Rica 5.9% 2022 up 24.6% rising
18 Viet Nam 5.7% 2020 down 30.9% volatile
19 Mexico 5.7% 2022 up 71.4% volatile
20 Thailand 4.5% 2021 up 17.2% volatile
21 Mongolia 4.3% 2020 up 52.5% falling
22 Indonesia 4.2% 2022 down 28.6% volatile
23 Türkiye 4.0% 2019 up 36.6% volatile
24 Dominican Republic 3.5% 2021 up 118.4% rising
25 Sri Lanka 3.2% 2019 up 131.1% rising
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.8% 2021 up 12.2% falling
27 Ukraine 2.8% 2020 down 53.7% falling
28 Malawi 2.5% 2019 up 119.7% rising
29 Panama 2.5% 2023 down 21.8% rising
30 Honduras 2.2% 2019 down 90.6% volatile
31 Uruguay 1.9% 2022 up 2.1% falling
32 Paraguay 1.6% 2022 down 77.0% volatile
33 Peru 1.5% 2022 down 25.7% volatile
34 El Salvador 0.8% 2022 up 70.9% volatile
35 Colombia 0.3% 2022 down 89.1% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 347 data points, 2004–2023
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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