Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
33.4%
Malawi
Lowest
15.1%
Viet Nam
Median
21.3%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
316
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 33.4% in Malawi; the lowest is 15.1% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.3%, and the mean is 21.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 50.9%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 37.4%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 33.4% | 2019 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 28.2% | 2018 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 25.8% | 2020 | up 45.8% | flat |
| 4 | Armenia | 25.7% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 24.7% | 2022 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 24.1% | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 24.0% | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 23.9% | 2021 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 22.6% | 2022 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 22.5% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 22.4% | 2019 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 22.2% | 2022 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 13 | Argentina | 21.9% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 21.8% | 2021 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 21.4% | 2022 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 21.3% | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 21.3% | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 21.1% | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 20.7% | 2022 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 20 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.6% | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 20.5% | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 20.3% | 2019 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 23 | Belarus | 19.9% | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 19.7% | 2018 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Brazil | 19.7% | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.5% | 2020 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 18.7% | 2021 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 28 | Chile | 17.7% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 16.0% | 2021 | down 31.5% | flat |
| 30 | Paraguay | 15.6% | 2022 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 15.1% | 2020 | down 37.4% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population