Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor by country

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

Countries reporting
39
Highest
34.7%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
10.4%
South Africa
Median
16.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 34.7% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 10.4% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.4%, and the mean is 16.4%.

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 Indonesia (up 158.3%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 43.6%).

Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Côte d'Ivoire 34.7% 2021 up 99.4% rising
2 Viet Nam 19.9% 2020 up 5.3% falling
3 Kazakhstan 19.4% 2021 up 16.0% rising
4 Pakistan 19.1% 2018 down 43.6% falling
5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.7% 2021 up 22.1% falling
6 El Salvador 18.3% 2022 up 2.1% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan 18.2% 2020 down 5.2% flat
8 Belarus 18.0% 2019 up 4.7% rising
9 Türkiye 17.7% 2019 down 10.4% falling
10 Mexico 17.6% 2022 up 28.3% flat
11 Mongolia 17.5% 2020 down 9.5% falling
12 Ukraine 17.2% 2020 down 3.4% flat
13 Armenia 17.1% 2022 down 0.3% falling
14 Ecuador 17.0% 2022 up 23.0% rising
15 Uruguay 16.9% 2022 up 8.2% flat
16 Georgia 16.9% 2021 up 3.3% flat
17 Albania 16.9% 2018 up 3.2% rising
18 Indonesia 16.8% 2022 up 158.3% rising
19 Poland 16.4% 2019 up 1.0% flat
20 Thailand 16.4% 2021 up 24.1% rising
21 Brazil 15.8% 2022 down 25.4% falling
22 Russian Federation 15.6% 2017 up 3.1% rising
23 Colombia 15.6% 2022 up 0.4% rising
24 Serbia 15.5% 2022 down 11.6% falling
25 Romania 15.3% 2021 down 9.0% falling
26 Panama 15.2% 2023 up 7.9% rising
27 Peru 15.0% 2022 down 23.7% rising
28 Costa Rica 14.8% 2022 down 3.6% flat
29 Sri Lanka 14.8% 2019 up 23.3% rising
30 Republic of Moldova 14.7% 2018 down 0.9% flat
31 Malawi 14.6% 2019 down 28.1% flat
32 Chile 14.4% 2022 up 7.3% falling
33 Argentina 14.2% 2022 down 30.1% falling
34 Kosovo 13.8% 2017 down 11.0% falling
34 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 13.8% 2017 down 11.0% falling
36 Dominican Republic 13.1% 2021 up 4.7% flat
37 Paraguay 11.4% 2022 down 4.6% falling
38 Honduras 11.1% 2019 down 31.2% falling
39 South Africa 10.4% 2021 up 13.0% rising

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Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor
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