Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
33.8%
Uruguay
Lowest
6.0%
Viet Nam
Median
22.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
361
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 33.8% in Uruguay; the lowest is 6.0% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.8%, and the mean is 22.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 102.3%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 41.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 33.8% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 31.7% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 30.6% | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 29.6% | 2022 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 29.2% | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 29.0% | 2021 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 27.9% | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 26.8% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ecuador | 25.9% | 2022 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 25.9% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 11 | Panama | 25.8% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 25.4% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 13 | Albania | 25.3% | 2018 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 14 | Georgia | 24.4% | 2021 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 24.1% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 23.5% | 2022 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 23.5% | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.0% | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 19 | Kosovo | 22.8% | 2017 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 19 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 22.8% | 2017 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 22.4% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 22 | Armenia | 22.2% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.8% | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 21.7% | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 21.5% | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 21.1% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 27 | Belarus | 20.9% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 28 | Mongolia | 20.4% | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 19.4% | 2018 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 19.2% | 2019 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 19.0% | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 18.4% | 2019 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.0% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 16.1% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 35 | Poland | 15.5% | 2019 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 12.2% | 2018 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 6.0% | 2020 | down 41.0% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population