Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance -urban 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 Insurance -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 81.8% in Romania; the lowest is 20.1% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.8%, and the mean is 39.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 178.8%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 38.7%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 81.8% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 81.4% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 74.8% | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 54.9% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 53.9% | 2022 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 52.6% | 2021 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 51.3% | 2018 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 46.9% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 45.6% | 2020 | up 178.8% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.7% | 2020 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 42.6% | 2022 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 42.0% | 2020 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 41.1% | 2019 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 40.7% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 40.0% | 2022 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 39.9% | 2022 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 38.8% | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 38.8% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 38.7% | 2018 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 37.7% | 2022 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 36.1% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 35.5% | 2021 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 31.8% | 2022 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 24 | Panama | 30.3% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 28.9% | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 25.0% | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 24.8% | 2021 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 23.9% | 2020 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 23.3% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 22.5% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 31 | Kosovo | 22.0% | 2017 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 31 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 22.0% | 2017 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 21.4% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 34 | El Salvador | 20.1% | 2022 | down 38.7% | 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