Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 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 Protection and Labor is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 86.2% in Thailand; the lowest is 4.2% in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.8%, and the mean is 30.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 633.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 78.7%).
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 86.2% | 2021 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 50.0% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 48.9% | 2021 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 48.7% | 2021 | up 633.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 47.1% | 2021 | up 182.6% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 45.8% | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 41.2% | 2022 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 40.9% | 2018 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 39.1% | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 38.8% | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 11 | Argentina | 38.4% | 2022 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 38.2% | 2022 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.7% | 2020 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 36.6% | 2018 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 15 | Belarus | 36.4% | 2019 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 35.8% | 2022 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 34.7% | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 34.4% | 2020 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 30.8% | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 20 | Armenia | 29.8% | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 27.4% | 2020 | up 189.0% | rising |
| 22 | Georgia | 26.2% | 2021 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.0% | 2021 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 22.8% | 2017 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 24 | Kosovo | 22.8% | 2017 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 22.0% | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 21.9% | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 21.7% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 19.4% | 2019 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 30 | Honduras | 17.8% | 2019 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 16.2% | 2019 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 15.9% | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 33 | Viet Nam | 11.7% | 2020 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 34 | Peru | 10.6% | 2022 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 35 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.5% | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 36 | El Salvador | 6.6% | 2022 | down 78.7% | falling |
| 37 | Indonesia | 4.2% | 2022 | down 28.6% | 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