Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
34
Highest
84.0%
South Africa
Lowest
22.9%
Republic of Moldova
Median
54.6%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Insurance is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 84.0% in South Africa; the lowest is 22.9% in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.6%, and the mean is 51.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 37.5%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 30.3%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 84.0% | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 2 | Paraguay | 80.4% | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Honduras | 79.4% | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 4 | Colombia | 79.0% | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 5 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 75.8% | 2021 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 75.7% | 2022 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 70.5% | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 69.7% | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 9 | El Salvador | 68.0% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 10 | Thailand | 67.8% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 66.5% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 66.2% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Peru | 65.8% | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 14 | Pakistan | 62.0% | 2018 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 61.8% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 16 | Brazil | 56.8% | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 54.6% | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 54.6% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 51.3% | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 48.6% | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 43.8% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 39.5% | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 37.3% | 2020 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.2% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 30.2% | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 26 | Chile | 29.3% | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 27.6% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 28 | Armenia | 26.5% | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 24.5% | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 24.4% | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 31 | Kosovo | 24.0% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 24.0% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Belarus | 23.5% | 2019 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 22.9% | 2018 | up 16.6% | rising |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population