Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
30.6%
Viet Nam
Lowest
16.6%
Burkina Faso
Median
21.4%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 30.6% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 16.6% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.4%, and the mean is 22.0%.
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 Mongolia (up 40.8%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 18.1%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 30.6% | 2020 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 29.2% | 2020 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 3 | Honduras | 27.1% | 2019 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 26.5% | 2022 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 24.2% | 2022 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 7 | Türkiye | 24.1% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 24.1% | 2018 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 23.6% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 23.1% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 22.3% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 22.1% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 21.9% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 21.9% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 21.6% | 2022 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 21.4% | 2021 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.2% | 2021 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 21.1% | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 20.8% | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 20 | Belarus | 20.7% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 21 | Romania | 20.4% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 20.3% | 2022 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 20.2% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 19.8% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 19.8% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 26 | Thailand | 19.8% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.0% | 2020 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 28 | Malawi | 18.5% | 2019 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 17.7% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 30 | Chile | 17.6% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 16.6% | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population