Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
68.4%
Colombia
Lowest
6.7%
Romania
Median
29.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
372
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 68.4% in Colombia; the lowest is 6.7% in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.9%, and the mean is 29.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 821.8%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 41.7%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 68.4% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2021 | up 821.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Honduras | 56.0% | 2019 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 4 | Ecuador | 52.0% | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4% | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 6 | Malawi | 49.8% | 2019 | down 30.4% | flat |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 46.5% | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 45.7% | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 42.1% | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 10 | Panama | 40.6% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 11 | Pakistan | 39.7% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 39.7% | 2022 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 38.6% | 2021 | up 33.5% | flat |
| 14 | Peru | 37.5% | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 15 | El Salvador | 35.7% | 2022 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 16 | Uruguay | 33.3% | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 32.2% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 30.3% | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 29.9% | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 20 | Türkiye | 24.4% | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 24.2% | 2020 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 21.9% | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 18.4% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.4% | 2020 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 25 | Mongolia | 16.1% | 2020 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 14.8% | 2022 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 27 | Chile | 14.4% | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 28 | Kosovo | 13.8% | 2017 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 13.8% | 2017 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 30 | Ukraine | 11.7% | 2020 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 31 | Georgia | 11.5% | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 32 | Belarus | 10.6% | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 33 | Serbia | 10.6% | 2022 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 34 | Poland | 10.5% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 35 | Republic of Moldova | 9.7% | 2018 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 36 | Indonesia | 7.8% | 2022 | up 202.2% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 6.7% | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population