Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers 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 is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 31.5% in South Africa; the lowest is 9.1% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.6%, and the mean is 17.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 98.0%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 27.4%).
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 31.5% | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 2 | Panama | 21.6% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 3 | Armenia | 21.1% | 2022 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 4 | Thailand | 20.8% | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 19.8% | 2020 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 19.6% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 7 | El Salvador | 19.5% | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 8 | Serbia | 19.3% | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 18.8% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2022 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 18.2% | 2019 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 17.6% | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 17.3% | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 17.3% | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 15 | Ecuador | 16.9% | 2022 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 16 | Bolivia | 16.9% | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 16.7% | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 16.5% | 2019 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 16.4% | 2018 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 16.0% | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Uruguay | 15.8% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Chile | 15.8% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 15.4% | 2021 | up 39.5% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.4% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 15.3% | 2022 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 15.2% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Pakistan | 14.7% | 2018 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 14.6% | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.9% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mongolia | 13.4% | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 13.2% | 2022 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 13.2% | 2021 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 11.9% | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 9.1% | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 16.4%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population