Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) by country

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population

Countries reporting
27
Highest
47.6%
Brazil
Lowest
12.9%
Honduras
Median
30.0%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 47.6% in Brazil; the lowest is 12.9% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.0%, and the mean is 29.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 71.5%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 70.2%).

Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 47.6% 2019 up 29.1% rising
2 Costa Rica 39.9% 2022 down 4.8% rising
3 Thailand 38.3% 2021 up 47.9% rising
4 Uruguay 36.8% 2022 up 12.0% flat
5 Mexico 36.5% 2022 up 2.7% rising
6 Argentina 35.8% 2022 up 31.1% falling
7 Romania 35.7% 2019 down 22.1% falling
8 Moldova 34.6% 2018 up 52.4% rising
9 Indonesia 34.3% 2022 up 2.8% rising
10 Mongolia 31.9% 2020 up 26.3% rising
11 Russia 31.8% 2017 down 1.7% flat
12 Chile 31.6% 2022 up 4.7% falling
13 Poland 31.5% 2019 up 27.3% rising
14 Armenia 30.0% 2022 up 71.5% rising
15 El Salvador 29.5% 2022 down 0.6% falling
16 Kazakhstan 29.2% 2021 up 13.2% rising
17 Belarus 29.0% 2019 up 8.7% rising
18 Panama 28.7% 2023 down 1.9% flat
19 Peru 28.7% 2022 down 36.5% falling
20 Ukraine 28.3% 2020 down 11.0% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 26.5% 2020 down 4.8% rising
22 Ecuador 25.3% 2017 down 62.1% falling
23 South Africa 21.3% 2021 down 44.8% falling
24 Viet Nam 18.7% 2020 down 70.2% falling
25 Paraguay 18.0% 2015 falling
26 Turkey 16.3% 2019 down 46.1% falling
27 Honduras 12.9% 2019 down 42.7% falling

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 257 data points, 2005–2023
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Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population