Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
35
Highest
60.5%
Malawi
Lowest
20.1%
South Africa
Median
36.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
346
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 60.5% in Malawi; the lowest is 20.1% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.5%, and the mean is 38.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 106.3%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 46.2%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 60.5% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 51.9% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 50.1% | 2021 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.5% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 47.3% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.6% | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 46.5% | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 46.0% | 2022 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 45.6% | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 43.8% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Kosovo | 42.8% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 42.3% | 2020 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 13 | Romania | 40.6% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 14 | Paraguay | 40.4% | 2022 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.5% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 39.4% | 2019 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 17 | Armenia | 37.3% | 2022 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 36.5% | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 35.4% | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 20 | Georgia | 35.3% | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 21 | Colombia | 35.0% | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | El Salvador | 34.3% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 23 | Republic of Moldova | 34.3% | 2018 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 24 | Argentina | 33.7% | 2022 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 25 | Panama | 32.8% | 2023 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 32.8% | 2020 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 32.4% | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 32.2% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 31.2% | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 31.0% | 2022 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 30.1% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 28.4% | 2022 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 33 | Thailand | 27.7% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 24.7% | 2022 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 20.1% | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population