Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
39
Highest
31.4%
Honduras
Lowest
9.9%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
22.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 31.4% in Honduras; the lowest is 9.9% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.8%, and the mean is 23.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 168.1%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 47.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 31.4% | 2019 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 2 | Ecuador | 28.1% | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 27.1% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 4 | Paraguay | 26.9% | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 26.7% | 2022 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 26.6% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 26.5% | 2022 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 25.6% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Kosovo | 25.6% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Uruguay | 24.5% | 2022 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 24.5% | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 12 | Albania | 24.3% | 2018 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 13 | South Africa | 24.1% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 23.6% | 2018 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 15 | Serbia | 23.5% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 23.5% | 2018 | up 168.1% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 23.4% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 23.1% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 19 | Peru | 22.9% | 2022 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 22.8% | 2017 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 22.8% | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 22 | Romania | 22.8% | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 23 | Poland | 22.7% | 2019 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 24 | Georgia | 22.6% | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 22.5% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Mexico | 22.4% | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 22.4% | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 22.3% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 30 | Thailand | 22.3% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 22.2% | 2019 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 32 | Ukraine | 21.5% | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 33 | Mongolia | 21.4% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Belarus | 21.3% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.0% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 36 | El Salvador | 20.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 37 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.5% | 2021 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 20.0% | 2020 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.9% | 2021 | down 47.0% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population