Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population

Countries reporting
39
Highest
23.1%
South Africa
Lowest
6.9%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Median
20.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 23.1% in South Africa; the lowest is 6.9% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244).

The median across all reporting countries is 20.0%, and the mean is 18.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 18.8%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 47.1%).

Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 23.1% 2021 up 11.7% rising
2 Chile 22.1% 2022 down 0.0% flat
3 Romania 21.6% 2021 up 3.8% rising
4 Poland 21.4% 2019 up 18.8% flat
5 Colombia 21.3% 2022 down 2.0% flat
6 Panama 21.3% 2023 up 4.1% rising
7 Peru 21.3% 2022 up 4.8% flat
8 Mongolia 21.2% 2020 up 4.5% flat
9 Malawi 21.1% 2019 down 4.2% flat
10 Thailand 20.9% 2021 up 0.2% flat
11 Paraguay 20.8% 2022 up 2.3% flat
12 Dominican Republic 20.8% 2021 up 0.7% rising
13 Côte d'Ivoire 20.6% 2021 down 13.7% flat
14 Costa Rica 20.6% 2022 down 6.2% flat
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.4% 2021 down 1.5% rising
16 Indonesia 20.4% 2022 down 6.7% falling
17 El Salvador 20.3% 2022 down 1.5% flat
18 Russian Federation 20.2% 2017 up 8.8% rising
19 Ukraine 20.1% 2020 up 7.7% flat
20 Armenia 20.0% 2022 up 16.9% rising
21 Viet Nam 20.0% 2020 up 15.0% rising
22 Belarus 19.7% 2019 up 2.2% flat
23 Honduras 19.5% 2019 down 0.1% falling
24 Georgia 19.4% 2021 up 0.1% flat
25 Mexico 19.1% 2022 up 6.5% rising
26 Sri Lanka 19.1% 2019 up 5.6% flat
27 Republic of Moldova 18.1% 2018 down 0.1% flat
28 Kyrgyzstan 17.8% 2020 up 1.1% rising
29 Ecuador 17.1% 2022 down 21.9% falling
30 Pakistan 16.7% 2018 down 15.0% falling
31 Argentina 16.1% 2022 down 15.5% falling
32 Uruguay 15.9% 2022 down 19.3% falling
33 Kazakhstan 15.1% 2021 down 18.4% falling
34 Serbia 14.5% 2022 down 6.4% falling
35 Albania 13.4% 2018 down 33.3% falling
36 Brazil 12.1% 2022 down 32.0% falling
37 Türkiye 11.4% 2019 down 25.3% falling
38 Kosovo 6.9% 2017 down 47.1% falling
38 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 6.9% 2017 down 47.1% falling

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 390 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population