Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
54.8%
Malawi
Lowest
24.4%
El Salvador
Median
33.0%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 54.8% in Malawi; the lowest is 24.4% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.0%, and the mean is 36.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 98.7%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 53.4%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 54.8% | 2019 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 53.7% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.2% | 2020 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 52.0% | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 47.5% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 45.9% | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 45.6% | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 44.4% | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 9 | Romania | 42.3% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 10 | Pakistan | 37.1% | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 35.7% | 2020 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 35.4% | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 35.0% | 2018 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 14 | Argentina | 34.8% | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 33.9% | 2019 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 16 | Uruguay | 33.0% | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 33.0% | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 32.3% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 32.1% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 20 | Panama | 32.1% | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 32.1% | 2019 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 22 | Georgia | 31.3% | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 23 | Ecuador | 31.2% | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 29.5% | 2022 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 28.4% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 27.7% | 2020 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 27.5% | 2022 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 28 | Peru | 27.3% | 2022 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 27.0% | 2019 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 26.3% | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 31 | El Salvador | 24.4% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population