Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland
Poland: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile was 29.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland, 2005–2019
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total safety net benefits.
Analysis
Poland recorded 29.3% for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland peaked at 39.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.3%, in 2019.
Poland ranks 15th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of total safety net benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33.4% | — |
| 2006 | 34.6% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 35.2% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 37.0% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 37.3% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 39.4% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 38.0% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 35.4% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 30.7% | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 29.3% | -4.5% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 29.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29.3%, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Poland's 29.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 28.0%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.5% | 33.4% | 37.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 36.0% | 29.3% | 39.7% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 12 Republic of Moldova 30.2% compare
- 13 Brazil 30.2% compare
- 14 Ecuador 29.7% compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 29.3% compare
- 17 Belarus 28.8% compare
- 18 El Salvador 28.4% compare
More work & labour data for Poland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 22,799 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 9,591 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,786 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,544 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,330 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland?
- Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile in Poland was 29.3% in 2019, 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 39.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.3% in 2019.
- How does Poland rank for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile?
- Poland ranks 15th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
- Is benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.