Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
33.6%
Uruguay
Lowest
10.5%
Viet Nam
Median
22.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
362
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 33.6% in Uruguay; the lowest is 10.5% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.4%, and the mean is 21.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 74.7%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 22.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 33.6% | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 29.2% | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 28.2% | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 27.9% | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 5 | Thailand | 27.5% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 26.7% | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 26.6% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 25.9% | 2022 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 25.6% | 2022 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 10 | Chile | 25.6% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 11 | Albania | 25.3% | 2018 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 24.2% | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 23.3% | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 22.9% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 15 | Georgia | 22.9% | 2021 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 22.7% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.6% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 22.5% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 22.4% | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 20 | Serbia | 21.3% | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 20.4% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 22 | Kosovo | 20.4% | 2017 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 22 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.4% | 2017 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.2% | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 19.7% | 2018 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 26 | Malawi | 19.5% | 2019 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 27 | El Salvador | 18.7% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Mongolia | 18.5% | 2020 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 18.0% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 17.9% | 2022 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 17.1% | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 32 | Honduras | 15.9% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.7% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 34 | Poland | 14.7% | 2019 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 14.4% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 13.2% | 2018 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 10.5% | 2020 | up 14.3% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population