Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - International Private Transfers by country

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

Countries reporting
27
Highest
31.5%
South Africa
Lowest
6.7%
Ecuador
Median
15.5%
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
266

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - International Private Transfers is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 31.5% in South Africa; the lowest is 6.7% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.5%, and the mean is 15.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 114.3%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 69.7%).

Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - International Private: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 31.5% 2021 up 47.8% rising
2 Armenia 23.9% 2022 up 27.2% falling
3 Mexico 20.9% 2022 up 11.8% flat
4 Serbia 20.0% 2022 up 15.6% rising
5 Vietnam 19.3% 2020 up 114.3% rising
6 El Salvador 19.3% 2022 up 10.0% flat
7 Kyrgyzstan 18.3% 2020 up 29.4% rising
8 Poland 18.2% 2019 up 18.3% flat
9 Burkina Faso 17.2% 2021 up 66.7% rising
10 Dominican Republic 17.0% 2021 up 48.6% rising
11 Moldova 17.0% 2018 down 16.9% falling
12 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 16.6% 2017 up 4.5% rising
12 Kosovo 16.6% 2017 up 4.5% rising
14 Honduras 15.5% 2019 up 20.9% flat
15 Sri Lanka 14.5% 2019 up 69.1% rising
16 Georgia 13.1% 2021 up 0.5% rising
17 Peru 12.9% 2022 up 12.9% rising
18 Bolivia 12.7% 2021 up 27.4% rising
19 Turkey 12.4% 2019 down 21.9% rising
20 Uruguay 11.9% 2022 down 4.0% falling
21 Pakistan 11.8% 2018 down 0.3% rising
22 Colombia 9.7% 2022 down 13.0% flat
23 Mongolia 9.4% 2020 down 19.5% falling
24 Costa Rica 9.2% 2022 down 32.9% falling
25 Chile 8.8% 2022 down 19.3% rising
26 Paraguay 7.0% 2022 down 69.7% falling
27 Ecuador 6.7% 2022 down 46.7% falling

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - International Private Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 266 data points, 2003–2022
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Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population