Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
33.9%
Uruguay
Lowest
11.4%
Viet Nam
Median
22.5%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
321
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 33.9% in Uruguay; the lowest is 11.4% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 22.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 263.7%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 33.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 33.9% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 2 | Colombia | 29.2% | 2022 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 29.2% | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 27.9% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 5 | Thailand | 27.5% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 26.9% | 2022 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 7 | Romania | 26.7% | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 26.3% | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 9 | Ecuador | 26.2% | 2022 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 25.9% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 24.8% | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 24.6% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.6% | 2021 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 14 | Georgia | 23.1% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 22.5% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 16 | Türkiye | 22.5% | 2019 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 22.5% | 2022 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 18 | Belarus | 20.4% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 19 | Malawi | 20.3% | 2019 | up 31.5% | flat |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.8% | 2020 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 21 | Honduras | 19.5% | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 22 | Mongolia | 19.2% | 2020 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 23 | Republic of Moldova | 19.2% | 2018 | up 263.7% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 18.6% | 2022 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 18.2% | 2022 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 18.0% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 16.5% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 28 | Poland | 14.6% | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 14.4% | 2021 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 30 | Pakistan | 13.6% | 2018 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 11.4% | 2020 | up 6.2% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population