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Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance by country

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

Countries reporting
38
Highest
100.0%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0%
Albania
Median
69.1%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
373

What the numbers show

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 69.1%, and the mean is 58.5%.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 2,093.1%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2020 up 2.2% rising
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.3% 2021 up 11.7% rising
3 Thailand 97.4% 2021 up 10.8% rising
4 Viet Nam 97.1% 2020 up 22.6% flat
5 Peru 95.2% 2022 up 5.6% rising
6 South Africa 94.6% 2021 up 10.4% rising
7 El Salvador 92.1% 2022 down 2.1% rising
8 Panama 90.3% 2023 up 10.1% rising
9 Chile 84.3% 2022 down 6.6% falling
10 Costa Rica 83.5% 2022 up 10.6% rising
11 Georgia 79.6% 2021 up 4.3% rising
12 Uruguay 76.7% 2022 down 21.3% flat
13 Indonesia 73.4% 2022 down 10.0% falling
14 Russian Federation 72.6% 2017 up 25.9% rising
15 Armenia 71.1% 2022 up 82.3% rising
16 Paraguay 71.0% 2022 down 16.6% rising
17 Brazil 70.2% 2022 up 164.0% rising
18 Argentina 69.4% 2022 up 100.5% rising
19 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 69.1% 2017 up 168.0% rising
19 Kosovo 69.1% 2017 up 168.0% rising
21 Belarus 65.0% 2013 down 35.0% falling
22 Serbia 61.0% 2022 up 0.2% falling
23 Sri Lanka 59.6% 2019 up 23.8% rising
24 Mexico 58.5% 2022 down 22.1% rising
25 Honduras 51.2% 2019 down 19.1% falling
26 Colombia 51.1% 2022 down 14.4% falling
27 Ecuador 46.1% 2022 down 48.3% falling
28 Türkiye 44.3% 2019 down 13.4% rising
29 Malawi 40.7% 2019 up 101.3% falling
30 Dominican Republic 36.3% 2021 down 18.2% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 24.5% 2020 up 52.4% rising
32 Pakistan 23.4% 2018 up 2,093.1% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 4.0% 2021 down 94.0% falling
34 Côte d'Ivoire 2.9% 2021 down 90.6% volatile
35 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
35 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
35 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
35 Albania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - All Social Assistance
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 373 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)