Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
36
Highest
98.6%
Bolivia
Lowest
4.0%
Albania
Median
41.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
385

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 98.6% in Bolivia; the lowest is 4.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.0%, and the mean is 45.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 236.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 87.8%).

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia 98.6% 2021 up 27.6% rising
2 Mongolia 92.2% 2020 down 3.8% flat
3 Thailand 91.0% 2021 up 39.4% rising
4 El Salvador 89.2% 2022 down 2.6% rising
6 Vietnam 88.0% 2020 up 163.2% volatile
7 Chile 86.3% 2022 up 1.0% falling
8 Peru 84.9% 2022 down 3.4% rising
9 Panama 68.6% 2023 up 24.6% rising
10 Russia 66.5% 2017 up 154.2% rising
11 Georgia 64.1% 2021 up 2.2% rising
12 Romania 63.8% 2021 down 1.6% rising
13 Poland 57.1% 2019 up 54.0% falling
14 Indonesia 55.5% 2022 down 5.3% falling
15 Paraguay 52.2% 2022 down 17.3% rising
16 Costa Rica 50.7% 2022 down 2.8% rising
17 Dominican Republic 50.1% 2021 up 82.6% rising
18 Belarus 46.5% 2019 down 17.5% falling
19 Armenia 42.1% 2022 up 96.5% rising
20 Malawi 39.9% 2019 up 82.4% falling
21 Mexico 38.8% 2022 up 16.6% rising
22 Ukraine 36.7% 2020 down 19.8% rising
23 Uruguay 36.3% 2022 down 37.7% falling
24 Colombia 33.5% 2022 down 26.2% falling
25 Moldova 29.6% 2018 down 3.2% flat
26 Sri Lanka 28.7% 2019 up 33.9% rising
27 Honduras 28.6% 2019 down 40.3% falling
28 Argentina 26.8% 2022 up 72.4% rising
29 Ecuador 24.1% 2022 down 67.6% falling
30 Kazakhstan 20.9% 2021 down 32.9% falling
31 Brazil 17.0% 2022 down 2.2% volatile
32 Kyrgyzstan 8.8% 2020 up 18.1% rising
33 Pakistan 8.5% 2018 up 236.0% rising
34 Turkey 8.3% 2019 down 39.9% volatile
35 Serbia 6.0% 2022 down 34.1% falling
36 Cote d'Ivoire 4.1% 2021 down 87.1% volatile
37 Albania 4.0% 2018 down 87.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 385 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

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