Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
39
Highest
30.6%
Sri Lanka
Lowest
11.2%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
23.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 30.6% in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 11.2% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.3%, and the mean is 23.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 166.0%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 41.7%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 30.6% | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | Paraguay | 28.2% | 2022 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 27.6% | 2019 | up 50.2% | falling |
| 4 | Argentina | 26.6% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 26.6% | 2018 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 6 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 26.4% | 2017 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 6 | Kosovo | 26.4% | 2017 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 8 | Colombia | 26.1% | 2022 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 9 | South Africa | 26.1% | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 10 | Brazil | 25.7% | 2022 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 25.6% | 2019 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 12 | Ecuador | 25.6% | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 24.7% | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Uruguay | 24.5% | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 15 | Albania | 24.3% | 2018 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 16 | Serbia | 24.1% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 23.8% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 23.5% | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 23.4% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 23.3% | 2022 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 21 | Romania | 23.1% | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 23.0% | 2017 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 23 | Panama | 23.0% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 24 | Indonesia | 23.0% | 2022 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 25 | Poland | 22.9% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 22.8% | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 27 | Armenia | 22.6% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 22.6% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 22.5% | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 30 | Pakistan | 22.3% | 2018 | up 166.0% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 21.7% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 32 | Mongolia | 21.4% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 21.2% | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 34 | El Salvador | 21.1% | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.7% | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 36 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.6% | 2021 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 20.2% | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 20.1% | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.2% | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population