Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
55.4%
Malawi
Lowest
24.5%
El Salvador
Median
34.1%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private Transfers is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 55.4% in Malawi; the lowest is 24.5% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.1%, and the mean is 37.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 106.3%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 45.1%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Domestic Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 55.4% | 2019 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 54.0% | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.9% | 2020 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 51.9% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 51.3% | 2022 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 6 | Brazil | 46.0% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 45.1% | 2018 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 44.7% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 44.6% | 2019 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 40.6% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 37.9% | 2020 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 12 | Pakistan | 37.0% | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 35.4% | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Chile | 35.1% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 15 | Georgia | 34.4% | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 34.1% | 2019 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 33.7% | 2022 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 18 | Paraguay | 33.6% | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 19 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 33.5% | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 20 | Panama | 32.8% | 2023 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 31.7% | 2020 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 22 | Colombia | 31.5% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 23 | Uruguay | 31.2% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 30.3% | 2022 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 29.8% | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 26 | Thailand | 28.1% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 27.8% | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 28 | Honduras | 27.8% | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 26.7% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 25.7% | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 31 | El Salvador | 24.5% | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population