Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
39
Highest
99.4%
Bolivia
Lowest
3.4%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
65.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390

What the numbers show

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Bolivia; the lowest is 3.4% in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.4%, and the mean is 64.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 552.2%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 87.8%).

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia 99.4% 2021 up 9.0% rising
2 Georgia 98.0% 2021 up 5.4% rising
3 Thailand 97.2% 2021 up 14.5% rising
4 Mongolia 96.5% 2020 down 1.0% flat
5 Chile 95.9% 2022 up 1.6% flat
6 Peru 95.6% 2022 up 6.3% rising
7 South Africa 94.5% 2021 down 1.7% flat
8 Vietnam 92.7% 2020 up 47.3% rising
9 El Salvador 92.2% 2022 down 1.1% rising
10 Panama 90.2% 2023 up 3.6% rising
11 Costa Rica 84.4% 2022 up 8.5% rising
12 Russia 84.3% 2017 up 80.0% rising
13 Uruguay 79.5% 2022 down 8.7% flat
14 Paraguay 76.7% 2022 down 11.7% rising
15 Brazil 74.9% 2022 up 130.4% rising
16 Indonesia 74.8% 2022 down 7.8% falling
17 Argentina 73.1% 2022 up 158.4% rising
18 Belarus 71.2% 2019 down 4.5% flat
19 Armenia 66.5% 2022 up 43.9% rising
20 Romania 65.4% 2021 down 11.7% falling
21 Poland 64.6% 2019 up 3.3% falling
22 Ecuador 63.1% 2022 down 29.6% falling
23 Dominican Republic 62.8% 2021 up 52.4% rising
24 Mexico 62.2% 2022 down 17.6% rising
25 Moldova 60.3% 2018 up 19.8% rising
26 Kazakhstan 54.8% 2021 up 4.9% flat
27 Ukraine 54.8% 2020 down 24.5% falling
28 Colombia 54.1% 2022 down 13.7% falling
29 Sri Lanka 53.3% 2019 up 14.5% flat
30 Honduras 51.8% 2019 down 25.6% falling
31 Malawi 44.2% 2019 up 130.6% falling
32 Turkey 38.7% 2019 down 10.6% rising
33 Kosovo 25.9% 2017 up 4.8% rising
33 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 25.9% 2017 up 4.8% rising
35 Pakistan 22.9% 2018 up 552.2% rising
36 Kyrgyzstan 21.2% 2020 up 15.3% rising
37 Serbia 18.3% 2022 down 32.1% falling
38 Albania 13.3% 2018 down 70.5% volatile
39 Cote d'Ivoire 3.4% 2021 down 87.8% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 390 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)