Dominican Republic vs Honduras: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile over time
- Dominican Republic
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 25.6% against 20.9% in Dominican Republic, a difference of 4.7%.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.2 times Dominican Republic's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Dominican Republic ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 28th and Honduras ranks 25th of 35 countries.
Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.2% | 14.3% | 13.9% | Dominican Republic |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 23.4% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile, Dominican Republic or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 25.6% against 20.9% in Dominican Republic as of 2019.
- What is the difference in benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile between Dominican Republic and Honduras?
- 4.7%, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Honduras?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2019.
- How do Dominican Republic and Honduras rank globally for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile?
- Dominican Republic ranks 28th and Honduras ranks 25th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), published as Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social safety net benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social safety net programs include cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.