Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All Social Assistance by country
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)
Countries reporting
35
Highest
6.77
Chile
Lowest
0.0987
Malawi
Median
1.56
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
348
What the numbers show
Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 6.77 in Chile; the lowest is 0.0987 in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.56, and the mean is 1.9.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 165,064.0%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 92.0%).
Average per capita transfer held by 5th quintile (richest) - All: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 6.77 | 2022 | up 1,693.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 5.62 | 2022 | up 337.6% | rising |
| 3 | Georgia | 3.95 | 2021 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 3.6 | 2022 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 3.33 | 2022 | up 373.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Poland | 3.3 | 2019 | up 229.7% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 3.21 | 2021 | up 352.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 2.96 | 2022 | up 633.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 2.73 | 2022 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 2.33 | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 2.24 | 2019 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Ecuador | 2.2 | 2022 | up 938.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 2.11 | 2022 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 2.05 | 2017 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 14 | Kosovo | 2.05 | 2017 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 1.85 | 2020 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Türkiye | 1.84 | 2019 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Panama | 1.56 | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 19 | Republic of Moldova | 1.46 | 2018 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.42 | 2020 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 1.39 | 2021 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.21 | 2021 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.1 | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 0.9295 | 2021 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 25 | Mongolia | 0.7231 | 2020 | up 51.6% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 0.6978 | 2020 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.5949 | 2022 | up 181.9% | rising |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0.5926 | 2019 | up 209.1% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 0.583 | 2022 | up 677.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Pakistan | 0.5456 | 2018 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 0.5161 | 2019 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0.3713 | 2022 | up 165,064.0% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.3643 | 2022 | up 28,229.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.1078 | 2022 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 0.0987 | 2019 | up 1,658.7% | volatile |
About this data
Average transfer amount of Social Assistance programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)