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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population