Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor by country

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

Countries reporting
39
Highest
99.3%
Bolivia
Lowest
4.4%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
73.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390

What the numbers show

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Bolivia; the lowest is 4.4% in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.4%, and the mean is 71.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 537.2%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 85.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia 99.3% 2021 up 12.4% rising
2 Mongolia 99.3% 2020 up 0.5% flat
3 Thailand 97.1% 2021 up 16.7% rising
4 Chile 95.6% 2022 down 0.3% flat
5 Peru 95.5% 2022 up 6.0% rising
6 South Africa 94.6% 2021 up 9.2% rising
7 El Salvador 91.4% 2022 down 1.9% rising
8 Romania 90.9% 2021 down 1.0% flat
9 Poland 89.7% 2019 up 6.7% falling
10 Vietnam 89.3% 2020 up 28.2% rising
11 Panama 88.7% 2023 up 4.1% rising
12 Russia 88.5% 2017 up 20.5% rising
13 Uruguay 87.7% 2022 down 7.8% flat
14 Costa Rica 86.7% 2022 up 8.2% rising
15 Armenia 85.0% 2022 up 17.8% rising
16 Belarus 76.4% 2019 down 7.7% falling
17 Argentina 75.5% 2022 up 64.6% rising
18 Georgia 74.6% 2021 down 4.0% flat
19 Serbia 73.4% 2022 up 4.0% rising
20 Paraguay 73.4% 2022 down 15.0% rising
21 Indonesia 73.3% 2022 down 10.2% falling
22 Moldova 71.0% 2018 up 10.7% rising
23 Brazil 69.6% 2022 up 89.4% rising
24 Ukraine 66.4% 2020 down 16.1% falling
25 Kazakhstan 65.2% 2021 up 5.4% flat
26 Albania 58.8% 2018 down 25.7% volatile
27 Kyrgyzstan 57.8% 2020 down 10.6% rising
28 Ecuador 57.8% 2022 down 35.5% falling
29 Turkey 57.7% 2019 up 2.9% rising
30 Dominican Republic 57.1% 2021 up 45.5% rising
31 Kosovo 54.8% 2017 up 67.9% rising
31 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 54.8% 2017 up 67.9% rising
33 Colombia 54.3% 2022 down 11.4% falling
34 Mexico 53.9% 2022 down 24.8% rising
35 Sri Lanka 50.9% 2019 up 10.6% flat
36 Honduras 50.6% 2019 down 18.1% falling
37 Malawi 42.5% 2019 up 121.4% falling
38 Pakistan 25.9% 2018 up 537.2% rising
39 Cote d'Ivoire 4.4% 2021 down 85.3% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and Labor
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 Protection and Labor programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)