Population not receiving Social Protection (%) by country

Percentage of population not receiving Social Protection programs

Countries reporting
36
Highest
91.0%
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
3.1%
Bolivia
Median
37.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
390

What the numbers show

Population not receiving Social Protection (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 91.0% in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 3.1% in Bolivia.

The median across all reporting countries is 37.8%, and the mean is 38.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 153.2%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 87.0%).

Population not receiving Social Protection: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cote d'Ivoire 91.0% 2021 up 34.6% rising
2 Pakistan 77.9% 2018 down 14.1% falling
3 Honduras 67.8% 2019 up 37.0% rising
4 Sri Lanka 62.5% 2019 down 10.9% falling
5 Malawi 61.7% 2019 down 22.5% rising
6 Colombia 59.0% 2022 up 15.4% rising
7 Ecuador 58.9% 2022 up 126.4% rising
8 Burkina Faso 57.1% 2021 down 42.9% falling
10 Albania 51.5% 2018 up 59.6% rising
11 Turkey 50.7% 2019 down 2.3% rising
12 Dominican Republic 48.9% 2021 down 28.8% falling
13 Brazil 47.7% 2022 down 11.0% falling
14 Paraguay 45.6% 2022 up 30.9% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 44.8% 2020 up 12.0% falling
16 Argentina 43.4% 2022 down 26.4% falling
17 Kazakhstan 42.7% 2021 down 13.4% falling
18 Moldova 39.8% 2018 down 8.3% falling
19 Ukraine 38.2% 2020 up 36.5% rising
20 Serbia 37.5% 2022 up 1.8% flat
21 Indonesia 34.9% 2022 down 22.3% falling
22 Georgia 34.0% 2021 down 3.7% falling
23 Costa Rica 29.1% 2022 down 10.9% falling
24 Uruguay 28.3% 2022 up 41.0% rising
25 Belarus 28.2% 2019 up 7.7% flat
26 Armenia 24.7% 2022 down 29.3% falling
28 Russia 22.5% 2017 down 45.5% falling
29 South Africa 21.6% 2021 down 42.0% falling
30 Poland 20.8% 2019 down 29.2% rising
31 Romania 20.2% 2021 up 27.3% rising
32 Peru 16.6% 2022 up 58.8% falling
33 Chile 14.4% 2022 down 13.0% rising
34 Thailand 12.8% 2021 down 64.3% falling
35 El Salvador 11.2% 2022 up 8.2% volatile
36 Vietnam 10.6% 2020 down 76.4% falling
37 Mongolia 7.4% 2020 up 153.2% volatile
38 Bolivia 3.1% 2021 down 87.0% 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
Population not receiving Social Protection (%)
Unit
%
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 390 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of population not receiving Social Protection programs