Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban by country

Percentage of population participating in Private Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
35
Highest
60.2%
Belarus
Lowest
3.6%
South Africa
Median
16.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
356

What the numbers show

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 60.2% in Belarus; the lowest is 3.6% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.9%, and the mean is 22.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 366.1%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 62.4%).

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 60.2% 2019 down 13.1% falling
2 Georgia 54.0% 2021 up 100.8% falling
3 Pakistan 53.8% 2018 up 366.1% volatile
4 Malawi 48.0% 2019 up 20.7% falling
5 Honduras 39.4% 2019 up 31.3% rising
6 Poland 37.7% 2019 up 4.4% rising
7 Moldova 34.9% 2018 down 11.8% falling
8 El Salvador 34.6% 2022 up 22.4% rising
9 Dominican Republic 34.0% 2021 down 21.2% falling
10 Burkina Faso 32.4% 2021 up 37.7% rising
11 Cote d'Ivoire 31.0% 2021 up 0.3% rising
12 Armenia 28.4% 2022 up 60.7% rising
13 Ecuador 26.4% 2022 up 143.6% rising
14 Bolivia 23.1% 2021 up 2.6% falling
15 Mongolia 22.6% 2020 down 7.3% falling
16 Albania 17.5% 2018 down 47.5% volatile
17 Peru 17.2% 2022 down 25.7% falling
18 Paraguay 16.9% 2022 down 14.8% falling
19 Sri Lanka 16.8% 2019 down 10.7% flat
20 Panama 15.2% 2023 up 221.9% volatile
21 Thailand 14.9% 2021 down 32.6% falling
22 Turkey 14.2% 2019 down 14.4% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 13.4% 2020 up 3.9% falling
24 Kazakhstan 12.3% 2021 down 62.4% falling
25 Mexico 12.0% 2022 down 1.7% rising
26 Chile 11.5% 2022 up 21.2% rising
27 Serbia 10.3% 2022 up 67.2% rising
28 Colombia 9.7% 2022 down 45.3% volatile
29 Costa Rica 9.1% 2022 down 33.2% falling
30 Uruguay 8.7% 2022 down 41.0% falling
31 Vietnam 6.8% 2020 down 30.3% volatile
32 Argentina 6.6% 2022 down 52.9% flat
33 Brazil 4.3% 2022 up 261.9% volatile
34 Romania 4.2% 2021 down 58.8% falling
35 South Africa 3.6% 2021 down 22.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 356 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Private Transfers programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)