Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 17.6% in Thailand; the lowest is 6.7% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.5%, and the mean is 13.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 252.1%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 42.9%).
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Thailand | 17.6% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 17.0% | 2022 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 16.8% | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 16.6% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 16.3% | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 7 | Vietnam | 16.2% | 2020 | up 252.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 16.2% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 9 | Ecuador | 16.1% | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 10 | Paraguay | 16.1% | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 15.9% | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 12 | Moldova | 15.9% | 2018 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 15.8% | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 15.8% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Chile | 15.6% | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 15.3% | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 14.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 18 | Georgia | 14.5% | 2021 | up 196.4% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 14.2% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia | 13.4% | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 21 | Romania | 13.3% | 2021 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 22 | Honduras | 11.7% | 2019 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 11.5% | 2021 | up 40.2% | flat |
| 24 | Armenia | 11.4% | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.1% | 2020 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 11.1% | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 11.0% | 2022 | down 42.9% | flat |
| 28 | Pakistan | 10.3% | 2018 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 10.0% | 2019 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 30 | Turkey | 9.8% | 2019 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 9.6% | 2020 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.2% | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 8.6% | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 6.7% | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 19.4%
- Kosovo 10.1%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population