Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
36
Highest
30.0%
Viet Nam
Lowest
6.2%
South Africa
Median
18.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
357
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 30.0% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 6.2% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.9%, and the mean is 18.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 39.4%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 59.6%).
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 30.0% | 2020 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 29.2% | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 26.3% | 2018 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.9% | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 24.7% | 2019 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo | 24.4% | 2017 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 7 | Mongolia | 24.0% | 2020 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 23.7% | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 9 | Côte d’Ivoire | 23.5% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 23.4% | 2019 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 11 | Moldova | 23.3% | 2018 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 21.7% | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 21.1% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | Serbia | 20.7% | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 15 | Malawi | 19.8% | 2019 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 16 | El Salvador | 19.5% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 19.5% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 19.2% | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 19 | Albania | 18.7% | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 20 | Georgia | 18.5% | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 21 | Türkiye | 17.5% | 2019 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 22 | Romania | 16.9% | 2021 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 15.8% | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 15.7% | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 25 | Chile | 14.7% | 2022 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 26 | Paraguay | 14.5% | 2022 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 13.2% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 12.9% | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 12.4% | 2022 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 11.3% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 11.1% | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 10.9% | 2022 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 10.0% | 2022 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 34 | Uruguay | 9.7% | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 35 | Ecuador | 9.6% | 2022 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 6.2% | 2021 | down 41.6% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population