Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
39
Highest
71.5%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Lowest
17.2%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
30.6%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 71.5% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 17.2% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.6%, and the mean is 33.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 70.1%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 35.7%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 71.5% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 71.5% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 53.5% | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 53.3% | 2022 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 44.8% | 2022 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 44.6% | 2018 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 7 | Albania | 44.6% | 2018 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 44.4% | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 44.0% | 2022 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.8% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 39.7% | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 36.8% | 2018 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 35.5% | 2019 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 14 | Honduras | 35.4% | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 34.7% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 34.5% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 34.4% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 31.6% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 30.7% | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 30.6% | 2022 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 30.1% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 29.8% | 2020 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 23 | Georgia | 29.6% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 24 | Panama | 27.9% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 27.4% | 2022 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 26.2% | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 25.6% | 2017 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 24.6% | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 24.5% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 24.2% | 2019 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 24.0% | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 23.4% | 2019 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 33 | Thailand | 22.3% | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 34 | Romania | 22.2% | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 35 | Mongolia | 22.2% | 2020 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 36 | El Salvador | 21.0% | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 21.0% | 2020 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.5% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.2% | 2021 | down 18.5% | rising |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population