Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) by country

Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
26
Highest
26.2%
Panama
Lowest
0.2%
Brazil
Median
4.8%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 26.2% in Panama; the lowest is 0.2% in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.8%, and the mean is 7.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 161.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 2,059.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 93.5%).

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Panama 26.2% 2023 up 388.2% volatile
2 Belarus 20.7% 2019 down 37.0% falling
3 Ukraine 18.0% 2020 down 3.9% falling
4 Vietnam 17.0% 2020 up 2,059.1% volatile
5 Peru 15.0% 2022 up 267.2% volatile
6 Russia 13.2% 2017 up 820.6% rising
7 Mexico 9.0% 2022 up 41.8% rising
8 Chile 8.9% 2022 down 9.3% rising
9 Mongolia 8.7% 2020 down 65.1% falling
10 Poland 8.0% 2019 down 61.6% falling
11 El Salvador 7.9% 2022 down 15.5% rising
13 Uruguay 6.7% 2022 up 131.6% volatile
14 Moldova 5.9% 2018 down 36.9% falling
15 Indonesia 3.7% 2022 down 6.3% rising
16 Kazakhstan 3.7% 2021 down 69.5% volatile
17 Ecuador 3.3% 2017 up 1,249.1% volatile
18 Armenia 1.9% 2022 down 56.7% falling
19 Paraguay 1.3% 2015 falling
20 Honduras 1.1% 2019 down 93.5% volatile
21 Argentina 0.8% 2022 up 70.1% rising
22 Costa Rica 0.6% 2022 up 42.9% falling
23 Turkey 0.6% 2019 down 12.2% rising
24 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 1.6% falling
25 Romania 0.3% 2019 down 84.4% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 down 81.3% volatile
27 Brazil 0.2% 2019 down 20.2% 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) (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 257 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)