Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
27
Highest
30.9%
Honduras
Lowest
8.2%
Romania
Median
18.0%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 30.9% in Honduras; the lowest is 8.2% in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.0%, and the mean is 17.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 338.6%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 34.5%).
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 30.9% | 2019 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.6% | 2020 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 23.2% | 2021 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 4 | Mongolia | 22.4% | 2020 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 21.5% | 2019 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 20.8% | 2020 | up 338.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Paraguay | 20.3% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 8 | Belarus | 20.3% | 2019 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 9 | South Africa | 20.0% | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 19.6% | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 19.0% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 12 | Moldova | 18.7% | 2018 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 13 | Armenia | 18.5% | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 18.0% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 15 | Ecuador | 17.1% | 2017 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 17.0% | 2022 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 16.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | El Salvador | 16.0% | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 15.7% | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 14.9% | 2022 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 14.8% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 22 | Russia | 14.6% | 2017 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 14.2% | 2021 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 12.0% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 11.6% | 2019 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 10.6% | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 8.2% | 2019 | up 36.0% | flat |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population