Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 27.5% in Vietnam; the lowest is 15.8% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.6%, and the mean is 21.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 19.6%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 25.0%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - All Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 27.5% | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 26.1% | 2020 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 3 | Peru | 26.0% | 2022 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 4 | Honduras | 25.4% | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 25.2% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 6 | Turkey | 23.9% | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 7 | El Salvador | 23.2% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 22.5% | 2022 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 9 | Moldova | 22.4% | 2018 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Serbia | 22.4% | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.3% | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 22.2% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 21.9% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 21.9% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 21.9% | 2022 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 21.8% | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 21.8% | 2019 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 18 | Uruguay | 21.4% | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 19 | Bolivia | 21.4% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 21.3% | 2021 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 21.1% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 22 | Belarus | 20.7% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 20.4% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 20.3% | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 20.2% | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 19.8% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 27 | Panama | 19.8% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 28 | Thailand | 19.8% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 29 | Malawi | 18.6% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 17.8% | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.8% | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 32 | Paraguay | 16.7% | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 33 | Armenia | 16.7% | 2022 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 15.8% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 22.0%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population