Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - International Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
27
Highest
61.2%
Paraguay
Lowest
17.4%
South Africa
Median
43.7%
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
259
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - International Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 61.2% in Paraguay; the lowest is 17.4% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.7%, and the mean is 44.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 79.2%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 51.1%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - International: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 61.2% | 2022 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 61.0% | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.0% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 56.7% | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 56.3% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 6 | Peru | 55.3% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 51.9% | 2022 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 49.8% | 2018 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 49.7% | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 46.8% | 2022 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 46.7% | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 12 | Honduras | 46.2% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 13 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 43.7% | 2017 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 13 | Kosovo | 43.7% | 2017 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 15 | Georgia | 42.6% | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 42.0% | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 40.0% | 2021 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.6% | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 39.5% | 2020 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 38.9% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 38.1% | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 22 | Mexico | 37.4% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 23 | Republic of Moldova | 35.6% | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 24 | Armenia | 35.1% | 2022 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 34.6% | 2022 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 26 | Serbia | 23.1% | 2022 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 27 | South Africa | 17.4% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population