Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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
35.4%
Armenia
Lowest
2.1%
Costa Rica
Median
11.8%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 35.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 2.1% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.8%, and the mean is 13.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 587.5%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 69.4%).
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 35.4% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.3% | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 3 | Mongolia | 24.8% | 2020 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 4 | Honduras | 23.8% | 2019 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ukraine | 21.0% | 2020 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 20.9% | 2020 | up 587.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Poland | 18.0% | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 16.8% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 15.0% | 2021 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 14.6% | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 14.5% | 2019 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 12 | Moldova | 14.5% | 2018 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 13 | Uruguay | 14.4% | 2022 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 11.8% | 2019 | up 134.7% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 11.4% | 2022 | up 171.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Russia | 11.1% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 17 | Panama | 9.7% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 8.4% | 2019 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 8.1% | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 7.1% | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 6.7% | 2022 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 6.6% | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 6.4% | 2017 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 6.3% | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 25 | Brazil | 5.8% | 2019 | up 342.4% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 3.9% | 2022 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 2.1% | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population