Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 33.5% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); the lowest is 11.5% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.9%, and the mean is 26.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 51.7%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 42.2%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 33.5% | 2017 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 1 | Kosovo | 33.5% | 2017 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 3 | Honduras | 32.4% | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 31.9% | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 31.8% | 2022 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 31.5% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 31.5% | 2022 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 31.4% | 2019 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.2% | 2020 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 29.6% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 11 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 29.3% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 13 | Türkiye | 29.2% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 28.9% | 2020 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 15 | Pakistan | 28.3% | 2018 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 16 | Paraguay | 28.2% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 17 | Mexico | 27.2% | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 18 | Belarus | 27.0% | 2019 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 26.9% | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 20 | Uruguay | 25.9% | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 25.6% | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 22 | Armenia | 25.6% | 2022 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 23 | Poland | 25.2% | 2019 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 24.9% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 25 | Romania | 24.8% | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 24.6% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Albania | 24.3% | 2018 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 24.1% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 24.0% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 24.0% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 23.2% | 2019 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 32 | Peru | 23.0% | 2022 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 33 | Chile | 22.8% | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 34 | Thailand | 22.3% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 35 | Mongolia | 21.5% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 20.9% | 2020 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 37 | El Salvador | 20.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.5% | 2021 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.5% | 2021 | down 42.2% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population