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Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)

Countries reporting
35
Highest
4.41 preT
Brazil
Lowest
0.0917 preT
Malawi
Median
1.21 preT
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348

What the numbers show

Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 4.41 preT in Brazil; the lowest is 0.0917 preT in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.21 preT, and the mean is 1.42 preT.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 95,603.2%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 90.9%).

Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 4.41 preT 2022 up 314.3% rising
2 Chile 3.83 preT 2022 up 1,315.0% volatile
3 Poland 3.04 preT 2019 up 301.4% volatile
4 Georgia 2.89 preT 2021 up 105.8% rising
5 Kazakhstan 2.56 preT 2021 up 298.5% rising
6 Serbia 2.46 preT 2022 up 6.8% rising
7 Costa Rica 2.38 preT 2022 up 573.1% volatile
8 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 2.07 preT 2017 up 17.2% flat
8 Kosovo 2.07 preT 2017 up 17.2% flat
10 Mexico 1.82 preT 2022 up 132.2% falling
11 Ecuador 1.76 preT 2022 up 833.7% volatile
12 Argentina 1.59 preT 2022 down 20.9% falling
13 Romania 1.59 preT 2021 up 188.5% rising
14 Turkey 1.55 preT 2019 up 113.6% volatile
15 Belarus 1.54 preT 2019 up 116.7% rising
16 Panama 1.41 preT 2023 down 15.9% rising
17 Armenia 1.25 preT 2022 up 190.6% volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 1.21 preT 2020 up 185.3% rising
19 Thailand 1.12 preT 2021 up 150.7% volatile
20 Bolivia 1.08 preT 2021 up 84.5% rising
21 Vietnam 1.05 preT 2020 down 9.9% volatile
22 Moldova 0.993 preT 2018 up 16.5% rising
23 Uruguay 0.9056 preT 2022 up 45.5% rising
24 Dominican Republic 0.8605 preT 2021 up 166.4% rising
25 Mongolia 0.6144 preT 2020 up 34.9% falling
26 Ukraine 0.5385 preT 2020 down 44.1% flat
27 Indonesia 0.5063 preT 2022 up 253.7% rising
28 Paraguay 0.4341 preT 2022 up 1,464.3% volatile
29 Honduras 0.38 preT 2019 down 90.9% volatile
30 Sri Lanka 0.3777 preT 2019 up 120.6% rising
31 Pakistan 0.3568 preT 2018 down 62.6% falling
32 El Salvador 0.3556 preT 2022 up 27,602.6% volatile
33 Peru 0.3317 preT 2022 up 95,603.2% volatile
34 Colombia 0.1061 preT 2022 down 88.1% volatile
35 Malawi 0.0917 preT 2019 up 1,552.9% volatile

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 348 data points, 2004–2023
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Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)