Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) by country

Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population

Countries reporting
34
Highest
69.1%
Colombia
Lowest
5.8%
Romania
Median
36.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 69.1% in Colombia; the lowest is 5.8% in Romania.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.9%, and the mean is 36.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 24.4%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 44.9%).

Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 69.1% 2022 down 9.3% falling
2 Honduras 65.0% 2019 down 10.9% flat
3 Ecuador 64.4% 2022 up 21.8% rising
4 South Africa 63.8% 2021 up 2.7% falling
5 Paraguay 63.5% 2022 down 2.2% flat
6 El Salvador 59.1% 2022 down 2.7% flat
7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 56.4% 2021 up 16.4% falling
8 Peru 55.7% 2022 up 3.0% flat
9 Mexico 54.7% 2022 up 2.8% falling
10 Costa Rica 53.3% 2022 down 5.9% falling
11 Panama 52.2% 2023 down 13.4% falling
12 Côte d'Ivoire 50.9% 2021 up 24.4% rising
13 Dominican Republic 48.0% 2021 down 13.4% flat
14 Brazil 47.3% 2022 up 10.0% flat
15 Pakistan 42.9% 2018 up 5.3% rising
16 Viet Nam 39.4% 2020 down 15.6% falling
17 Sri Lanka 37.5% 2019 down 8.4% falling
18 Argentina 36.3% 2022 up 20.6% rising
19 Uruguay 35.5% 2022 down 0.2% falling
20 Türkiye 25.1% 2019 down 22.1% falling
21 Kazakhstan 24.2% 2021 up 4.3% flat
22 Chile 19.6% 2022 down 36.8% falling
23 Mongolia 18.5% 2020 down 2.6% falling
24 Thailand 18.5% 2021 down 38.9% falling
25 Kyrgyzstan 18.0% 2020 down 11.5% falling
26 Armenia 17.2% 2022 up 23.3% flat
27 Kosovo 14.8% 2017 down 21.0% falling
27 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 14.8% 2017 down 21.0% falling
29 Ukraine 11.6% 2020 down 19.1% falling
30 Belarus 11.3% 2019 down 7.1% flat
31 Serbia 10.7% 2022 down 37.8% falling
32 Poland 10.7% 2019 down 18.6% falling
33 Republic of Moldova 10.2% 2018 down 19.7% falling
34 Romania 5.8% 2021 down 44.9% falling

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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 richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population