Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
33.0%
Uruguay
Lowest
10.5%
Vietnam
Median
20.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
362
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 33.0% in Uruguay; the lowest is 10.5% in Vietnam.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.5%, and the mean is 20.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 91.9%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 24.2%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 33.0% | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 29.8% | 2022 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 28.3% | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 27.0% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 26.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 6 | Thailand | 26.4% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 26.3% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 25.4% | 2022 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 9 | Albania | 25.3% | 2018 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 10 | Paraguay | 24.2% | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 23.9% | 2021 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 23.7% | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 22.6% | 2021 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 14 | Panama | 22.2% | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 22.2% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 22.0% | 2021 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 21.9% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 18 | Turkey | 20.7% | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 19 | Kosovo | 20.5% | 2017 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 19 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.5% | 2017 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 19.7% | 2019 | up 33.6% | flat |
| 22 | El Salvador | 19.1% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 19.0% | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 18.9% | 2022 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 17.5% | 2022 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 17.3% | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 27 | Belarus | 17.3% | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 17.2% | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.9% | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 16.5% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 16.0% | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 15.8% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.8% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 14.6% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 35 | Pakistan | 13.0% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 36 | Moldova | 13.0% | 2018 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 37 | Vietnam | 10.5% | 2020 | up 21.6% | flat |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population