Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers by country

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group

Countries reporting
36
Highest
11,764.1%
Poland
Lowest
9.1%
Malawi
Median
28.6%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
351

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 11,764.1% in Poland; the lowest is 9.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.6%, and the mean is 359.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,299.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 69,074.0%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 92.7%).

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 11,764.1% 2019 up 69,074.0% volatile
2 Armenia 78.4% 2022 down 33.6% flat
3 Kyrgyzstan 63.9% 2020 up 54.3% rising
4 Moldova 60.9% 2018 up 6.2% rising
5 Vietnam 59.3% 2020 up 96.2% volatile
6 South Africa 57.8% 2021 up 19.3% rising
7 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 51.7% 2017 down 41.0% falling
7 Kosovo 51.7% 2017 down 41.0% falling
9 Thailand 49.3% 2021 up 34.5% rising
10 Serbia 44.5% 2022 down 0.4% falling
11 Romania 44.5% 2021 up 51.1% rising
12 Dominican Republic 39.3% 2021 up 13.8% rising
13 Honduras 35.9% 2019 up 15.6% falling
14 Sri Lanka 35.8% 2019 up 47.5% rising
15 Costa Rica 34.8% 2022 up 26.5% rising
16 Mongolia 29.8% 2020 up 81.3% rising
17 Paraguay 29.6% 2022 up 8.5% falling
18 Colombia 29.0% 2022 up 104.0% volatile
19 Argentina 28.1% 2022 down 33.3% falling
20 Georgia 28.0% 2021 down 92.7% volatile
21 Bolivia 26.3% 2021 down 13.2% falling
22 Brazil 25.2% 2022 down 58.3% falling
23 Pakistan 25.1% 2018 down 44.3% falling
24 El Salvador 24.7% 2022 down 22.9% falling
25 Chile 23.6% 2022 down 34.5% falling
26 Mexico 22.8% 2022 down 59.4% volatile
27 Peru 21.8% 2022 up 33.1% rising
28 Uruguay 20.8% 2022 up 7.8% volatile
29 Kazakhstan 20.7% 2021 up 235.3% rising
30 Panama 19.6% 2023 down 14.5% falling
31 Turkey 17.9% 2019 down 24.1% falling
32 Cote d'Ivoire 14.8% 2021 down 31.2% falling
33 Ecuador 14.0% 2022 down 69.7% volatile
34 Belarus 13.4% 2019 down 5.6% rising
35 Burkina Faso 9.7% 2021 down 23.0% volatile
36 Malawi 9.1% 2019 up 65.6% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 351 data points, 2002–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group