Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban by country

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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
29.4%
Argentina
Lowest
12.2%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
24.2%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
227

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 29.4% in Argentina; the lowest is 12.2% in Kyrgyzstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.2%, and the mean is 23.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 82.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 37.8%).

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 29.4% 2022 up 54.8% rising
2 Costa Rica 28.9% 2022 up 12.8% flat
3 Ecuador 28.7% 2017 up 18.8% rising
4 Indonesia 28.2% 2022 down 0.5% rising
5 El Salvador 27.0% 2022 down 0.2% flat
6 Turkey 26.8% 2019 up 16.7% rising
7 Chile 26.3% 2022 up 3.5% flat
8 Thailand 26.0% 2021 up 13.5% rising
9 Mexico 25.4% 2022 up 9.0% rising
10 South Africa 24.7% 2021 up 82.0% rising
11 Brazil 24.7% 2019 down 22.7% falling
12 Moldova 24.3% 2018 up 18.3% rising
13 Panama 24.1% 2023 down 10.0% falling
14 Peru 23.0% 2022 down 7.6% rising
15 Poland 22.1% 2019 up 23.0% rising
16 Ukraine 21.4% 2020 down 1.5% falling
17 Russia 21.2% 2017 down 12.3% falling
18 Uruguay 21.2% 2022 up 5.0% flat
19 Belarus 20.9% 2019 down 6.8% flat
20 Armenia 20.2% 2020 up 43.4% rising
21 Kazakhstan 19.5% 2021 down 3.2% rising
22 Mongolia 17.6% 2020 down 17.5% falling
23 Paraguay 13.5% 2015 falling
24 Kyrgyzstan 12.2% 2018 down 37.8% falling

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 227 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