Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bolivia, Plurinational State of: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile was 18.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, 2006–2021
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total safety net benefits.
Analysis
Bolivia, Plurinational State of recorded 18.5% for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in 2021.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of peaked at 27.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2006.
That places Bolivia, Plurinational State of 31st out of 35 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, year by year
| Year | % of total safety net benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8.1% | — |
| 2007 | 9.1% | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | +165.2% |
| 2009 | 24.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 26.2% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 27.0% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 21.8% | -19.2% |
| 2015 | 21.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 24.5% | +18.0% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | -24.6% |
| 2020 | 17.8% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | +3.9% |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of compared with similar countries
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of's 18.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 28.4%, 65% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +165.2% | 9.1% | 24.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.5% | 8.1% | 24.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 17.6% | 27.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 17.8% | 18.5% | 2 |
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More work & labour data for Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Bolivia, Plurinational State of was 18.5% in 2021, according to ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile recorded in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- The highest recorded value was 27.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile recorded in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile?
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 31st out of 35 countries with data for 2021.
- Is benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile rising or falling in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia, Plurinational State of data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), published as part of Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.