Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Insurance by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
22.3%
Albania
Lowest
0.2%
Paraguay
Median
10.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
369
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Insurance is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 22.3% in Albania; the lowest is 0.2% in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.4%, and the mean is 11.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 123.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 434.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 58.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 22.3% | 2018 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 2 | Poland | 21.9% | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 21.8% | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 21.5% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.8% | 2017 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 5 | Kosovo | 20.8% | 2017 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 20.7% | 2018 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Armenia | 20.4% | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.2% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 19.7% | 2017 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 19.5% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 19.2% | 2022 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 17.5% | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 16.2% | 2020 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 15 | Romania | 15.7% | 2021 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 16 | Türkiye | 14.2% | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 13.4% | 2022 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 18 | Uruguay | 11.3% | 2022 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 10.4% | 2021 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 7.7% | 2022 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 6.9% | 2022 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 6.9% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 6.8% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 24 | El Salvador | 6.8% | 2022 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 25 | Mexico | 6.3% | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 6.2% | 2020 | up 102.2% | flat |
| 27 | Indonesia | 6.1% | 2022 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 5.8% | 2018 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.2% | 2021 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 4.2% | 2021 | up 434.9% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 4.1% | 2022 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 3.4% | 2022 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.9% | 2021 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 1.8% | 2021 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Honduras | 1.2% | 2019 | up 330.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 37 | Paraguay | 0.2% | 2022 | down 38.9% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population