Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
55.8%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
22.9%
El Salvador
Median
34.8%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
316
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 55.8% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 22.9% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.8%, and the mean is 36.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 110.8%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 40.0%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 55.8% | 2021 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 2 | Pakistan | 48.6% | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Armenia | 48.1% | 2022 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 47.9% | 2021 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 5 | Malawi | 47.7% | 2019 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 44.9% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Türkiye | 44.7% | 2019 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.8% | 2020 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 42.8% | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 38.3% | 2022 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 38.3% | 2019 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 38.0% | 2020 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 13 | Mongolia | 37.9% | 2020 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 14 | Romania | 37.3% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 35.0% | 2018 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 16 | Chile | 34.8% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 17 | Belarus | 34.7% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 33.9% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 19 | Argentina | 33.7% | 2022 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 20 | Georgia | 32.9% | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 32.5% | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 32.0% | 2023 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 30.7% | 2022 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 30.4% | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 30.3% | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 26.5% | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 26.3% | 2022 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 28 | Ecuador | 26.2% | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 25.5% | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 24.9% | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 31 | El Salvador | 22.9% | 2022 | down 28.8% | flat |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population