Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) by country

Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population

Countries reporting
34
Highest
20.6%
Romania
Lowest
6.3%
South Africa
Median
14.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 20.6% in Romania; the lowest is 6.3% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.9%, and the mean is 14.6%.

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

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 42.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 40.8%).

Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 20.6% 2021 up 3.6% flat
2 Uruguay 20.3% 2022 up 8.2% rising
3 Mongolia 19.5% 2020 up 6.0% flat
4 Serbia 19.4% 2022 up 10.3% flat
5 Argentina 19.2% 2022 up 42.7% rising
6 Armenia 19.1% 2022 up 8.6% flat
7 Türkiye 18.3% 2019 down 3.3% flat
8 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 18.0% 2017 down 1.4% flat
8 Kosovo 18.0% 2017 down 1.4% flat
10 Republic of Moldova 17.3% 2018 down 5.8% flat
11 Poland 17.0% 2019 down 1.1% falling
12 Brazil 16.6% 2022 down 0.0% rising
13 Chile 16.5% 2022 down 7.4% flat
14 Kyrgyzstan 16.3% 2020 down 1.8% falling
15 Belarus 16.1% 2019 up 2.8% rising
16 Ukraine 15.0% 2020 down 10.1% falling
17 Kazakhstan 14.9% 2021 down 18.0% falling
18 Pakistan 14.9% 2018 up 5.9% falling
19 Panama 14.8% 2023 up 34.2% rising
20 Côte d'Ivoire 14.4% 2021 up 27.8% falling
21 Peru 13.6% 2022 up 5.8% rising
22 Sri Lanka 13.2% 2019 down 7.0% flat
23 El Salvador 13.1% 2022 up 26.8% falling
24 Viet Nam 12.5% 2020 up 4.9% falling
25 Dominican Republic 12.5% 2021 up 11.5% flat
26 Mexico 12.2% 2022 up 6.0% rising
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.1% 2021 down 25.4% flat
28 Costa Rica 11.9% 2022 down 1.8% flat
29 Thailand 11.2% 2021 up 22.3% rising
30 Honduras 8.9% 2019 up 17.1% falling
31 Paraguay 8.6% 2022 down 34.3% falling
32 Colombia 8.4% 2022 up 29.7% rising
33 Ecuador 7.1% 2022 down 40.8% falling
34 South Africa 6.3% 2021 up 19.5% rising

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population