Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -rural by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
35
Highest
53.6%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
20.8%
Costa Rica
Median
38.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
334
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -rural is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 53.6% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 20.8% in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.4%, and the mean is 37.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 54.0%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 37.0%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 53.6% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 49.5% | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 48.5% | 2019 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.5% | 2020 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 47.1% | 2019 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 6 | Honduras | 46.6% | 2019 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 45.1% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 45.0% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Kosovo | 45.0% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Mongolia | 43.2% | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.2% | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 42.6% | 2020 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 13 | Türkiye | 42.0% | 2013 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 41.9% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 41.7% | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 16 | El Salvador | 39.2% | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 17 | Romania | 38.5% | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 38.4% | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 37.6% | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 37.5% | 2022 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 37.4% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 36.8% | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 36.3% | 2021 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 35.2% | 2018 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 34.2% | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 32.1% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 30.2% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 29.2% | 2022 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 29 | Armenia | 28.9% | 2022 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 25.7% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 25.0% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 24.6% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 23.7% | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 34 | Chile | 21.3% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 20.8% | 2022 | down 37.0% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population