Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
34.0%
Uruguay
Lowest
5.4%
Viet Nam
Median
24.3%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
319
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 34.0% in Uruguay; the lowest is 5.4% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.3%, and the mean is 23.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 96.8%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 56.4%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 34.0% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 31.7% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 31.5% | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 29.6% | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 29.2% | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 29.0% | 2021 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 27.2% | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 8 | Ecuador | 26.3% | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 26.1% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 25.9% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 25.9% | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 25.8% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 24.9% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 24.9% | 2019 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | Georgia | 24.7% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 16 | El Salvador | 24.3% | 2022 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 23.6% | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.0% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 22.5% | 2019 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.4% | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 21.9% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 21.3% | 2022 | up 38.4% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 21.0% | 2020 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Belarus | 20.9% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 20.7% | 2019 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 19.9% | 2019 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 27 | Republic of Moldova | 18.7% | 2018 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 16.1% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 29 | Poland | 15.4% | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 12.4% | 2018 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 5.4% | 2020 | down 56.4% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population