Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - 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
28.0%
South Africa
Lowest
17.0%
Armenia
Median
20.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
362
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 28.0% in South Africa; the lowest is 17.0% in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.5%, and the mean is 20.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 24.8%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 16.8%).
Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 28.0% | 2021 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 2 | Panama | 23.5% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 3 | Romania | 22.8% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 22.5% | 2022 | up 24.8% | flat |
| 5 | Peru | 22.3% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 22.2% | 2022 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 22.1% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 22.0% | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 9 | Moldova | 21.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Thailand | 21.5% | 2021 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 11 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 21.3% | 2017 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo | 21.3% | 2017 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | El Salvador | 21.2% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 20.9% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 20.8% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 20.8% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 20.6% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 18 | Brazil | 20.5% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 20.5% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 20 | Mexico | 20.4% | 2022 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 20.3% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 20.0% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 20.0% | 2018 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.8% | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 25 | Mongolia | 19.8% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Georgia | 19.5% | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 27 | Poland | 19.5% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 28 | Bolivia | 19.5% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 29 | Argentina | 19.5% | 2022 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 30 | Turkey | 19.0% | 2019 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 31 | Belarus | 19.0% | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 18.9% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 33 | Uruguay | 18.4% | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 34 | Vietnam | 18.4% | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.3% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 17.8% | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 37 | Armenia | 17.0% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population