Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
34
Highest
77.3%
South Africa
Lowest
22.0%
Belarus
Median
50.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 77.3% in South Africa; the lowest is 22.0% in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.9%, and the mean is 48.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 52.0%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 34.3%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 77.3% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 2 | Colombia | 74.2% | 2022 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 3 | Paraguay | 73.9% | 2022 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 72.9% | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 71.3% | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 6 | Honduras | 70.8% | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 65.7% | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 8 | Pakistan | 64.6% | 2018 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 64.4% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 64.0% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 62.8% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 61.7% | 2022 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 13 | Brazil | 58.0% | 2022 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 14 | Panama | 57.4% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 15 | Thailand | 55.6% | 2021 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 53.0% | 2019 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 51.6% | 2022 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.3% | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 19 | Argentina | 48.6% | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 48.5% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 43.2% | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 39.5% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 38.8% | 2020 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.5% | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 30.0% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 26 | Poland | 28.2% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 27 | Armenia | 25.5% | 2022 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 28 | Ukraine | 25.5% | 2020 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 24.2% | 2018 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 24.0% | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 31 | Kosovo | 24.0% | 2017 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 31 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 24.0% | 2017 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 23.8% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 34 | Belarus | 22.0% | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population