Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest quintile (% of total SPL benefits) by country
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs (SPL) to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social protection and labor programs benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social protection and labor programs include social insurance, social safety nets, and unemployment benefits...
What the numbers show
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest quintile (% of total SPL benefits) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 26.5% in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.1% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 10.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 356.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 1,261.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 99.7%).
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 26.5% | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 2 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 18.9% | 2017 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 2 | Kosovo | 18.9% | 2017 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 18.4% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 5 | Armenia | 16.3% | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 16.1% | 2018 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 7 | Ukraine | 15.6% | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 14.9% | 2019 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 9 | Serbia | 14.3% | 2022 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 14.1% | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 11 | El Salvador | 14.1% | 2022 | up 1,261.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.7% | 2020 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 13.6% | 2020 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 14 | Peru | 12.7% | 2022 | up 172.0% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 11.7% | 2021 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 11.5% | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 10.1% | 2019 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 10.0% | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.8% | 2021 | down 33.0% | flat |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 9.1% | 2020 | up 197.5% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 8.3% | 2022 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 8.0% | 2022 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 7.6% | 2019 | up 198.5% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 7.4% | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 6.8% | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 6.7% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 6.2% | 2022 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 29 | Uruguay | 5.8% | 2022 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 5.7% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 31 | Türkiye | 5.6% | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 4.7% | 2019 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Pakistan | 4.6% | 2018 | up 38.2% | flat |
| 34 | Thailand | 1.5% | 2021 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6% | 2021 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 37 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2021 | down 99.7% | volatile |
About this data
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs (SPL) to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social protection and labor programs benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social protection and labor programs include social insurance, social safety nets, and unemployment benefits and active labor market programs. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.