Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the 1st quintile (poorest) relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 16.5% in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 5.9% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.1%, and the mean is 10.4%.
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 686.9%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 50.6%).
Benefits incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Domestic Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 16.5% | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 15.6% | 2021 | up 147.8% | rising |
| 3 | El Salvador | 15.2% | 2022 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 14.3% | 2022 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 14.1% | 2022 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 6 | Thailand | 13.8% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 13.8% | 2022 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 13.2% | 2022 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 12.2% | 2022 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 10 | Colombia | 12.1% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 11.9% | 2018 | up 686.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.1% | 2021 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 10.7% | 2020 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 14 | Argentina | 10.5% | 2022 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Panama | 10.4% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 10.1% | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 9.3% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 9.1% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 19 | Armenia | 9.1% | 2022 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 9.0% | 2022 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 8.8% | 2022 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 22 | Honduras | 8.6% | 2019 | up 47.0% | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 8.4% | 2018 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 8.2% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 7.6% | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 7.2% | 2020 | up 181.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8% | 2020 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 28 | Romania | 6.8% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 29 | Malawi | 6.7% | 2019 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 30 | Türkiye | 6.3% | 2019 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 5.9% | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the 1st quintile (poorest) relative to the total benefits going to the population