Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 21.2% in Serbia; the lowest is 8.1% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.1%, and the mean is 16.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 101.3%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 27.5%).
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Serbia | 21.2% | 2022 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 21.0% | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 4 | Thailand | 20.7% | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 5 | Panama | 20.6% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 6 | Moldova | 19.8% | 2018 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 7 | El Salvador | 19.1% | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Mexico | 19.0% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 18.9% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 18.7% | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 11 | Vietnam | 18.2% | 2020 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 18.1% | 2021 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 18.1% | 2019 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 17.8% | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 17.7% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia | 17.1% | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 17.1% | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 17.1% | 2019 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 17.0% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 16.9% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 16.6% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 16.4% | 2019 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 16.3% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 24 | Romania | 15.9% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 15.8% | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.6% | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 27 | Paraguay | 15.1% | 2022 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 15.0% | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 14.6% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.0% | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 13.6% | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 13.0% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 33 | Turkey | 12.8% | 2019 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 8.1% | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 31.0%
- Kosovo 14.7%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population