Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
35
Highest
30.0%
Vietnam
Lowest
15.5%
Burkina Faso
Median
21.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers (preT) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 30.0% in Vietnam; the lowest is 15.5% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.4%, and the mean is 21.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 33.0%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 22.9%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 30.0% | 2020 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 2 | Peru | 26.6% | 2022 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 3 | Belarus, Republic of | 26.0% | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 4 | Honduras | 25.4% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo | 24.3% | 2017 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova, Republic of | 23.7% | 2018 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye, Republic of | 23.7% | 2019 | up 24.7% | flat |
| 8 | Ecuador | 23.6% | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 9 | El Salvador | 23.6% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 23.4% | 2020 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 22.8% | 2021 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 12 | Argentina | 22.6% | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 22.4% | 2019 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 14 | Colombia | 22.1% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 15 | Bolivia | 21.6% | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 21.5% | 2022 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 21.5% | 2022 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 18 | Pakistan | 21.4% | 2018 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 19 | Uruguay | 21.2% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 21.0% | 2021 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 20.8% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 20.8% | 2021 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 23 | Romania | 20.5% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Brazil | 19.9% | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 25 | Thailand | 19.8% | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 26 | Poland, Republic of | 19.8% | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | Georgia | 19.6% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 28 | Armenia, Republic of | 19.1% | 2022 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 29 | Kyrgyz Republic | 19.0% | 2020 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 19.0% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia, Republic of | 18.9% | 2022 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 32 | Chile | 18.8% | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 18.8% | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 34 | Paraguay | 17.1% | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 15.5% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population