demographic2023

Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population) — series 2

Name: Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of total, coverage, social, safety, net, programs, population, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•120 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

34.1% of Total

Median: 28.7% of Total

Countries Covered

120

with available data

Highest

Bolivia

96.8% of Total

Lowest

Uganda

0.7% of Total

Top 5 Countries

1Bolivia96.8% of Total

2Islamic Republic of Iran89.9% of Total

3Vietnam88.2% of Total

4Egypt87.8% of Total

5El Salvador87.7% of Total

By Region

Asia50.8% of Total(17 countries)

North America49.8% of Total(2 countries)

Europe47.7% of Total(10 countries)

South America46.4% of Total(7 countries)

Africa36.2% of Total(8 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.7% of Total)High (96.8% of Total)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 34.1% of Total)

Asia (17)

North America (2)

Europe (10)

South America (7)

Africa (8)

Other (76)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Bolivia	96.8% of Total
2	Islamic Republic of Iran	89.9% of Total
3	Vietnam	88.2% of Total
4	Egypt	87.8% of Total
5	El Salvador	87.7% of Total
6	Mongolia	87.1% of Total
7	Thailand	87.1% of Total
8	Slovakia	83.2% of Total
9	Eswatini	80.4% of Total
10	Peru	79.8% of Total
11	Chile	78.2% of Total
12	South Africa	76.7% of Total
13	Iraq	75.8% of Total
14	Malaysia	75.6% of Total
15	India	74.9% of Total
16	Lesotho	73.6% of Total
17	Georgia	66.0% of Total
18	Russian Federation	65.8% of Total
19	Jordan	65.7% of Total
20	Panama	64.5% of Total
21	Nicaragua	59.8% of Total
22	Hungary	59.5% of Total
23	Guatemala	59.1% of Total
24	Romania	59.0% of Total
25	Lithuania	58.7% of Total
26	Indonesia	54.6% of Total
27	Bangladesh	54.4% of Total
28	Poland	53.3% of Total
29	Botswana	52.2% of Total
30	Latvia	50.8% of Total
31	Mauritius	50.4% of Total
32	Paraguay	50.1% of Total
33	Costa Rica	49.1% of Total
34	Dominican Republic	47.9% of Total
35	Gabon	47.6% of Total
36	Belarus	47.2% of Total
37	Uruguay	45.7% of Total
38	Jamaica	45.4% of Total
39	Mauritania	45.2% of Total
40	People's Republic of China	43.8% of Total
41	Armenia	42.0% of Total
42	Burkina Faso	41.4% of Total
43	Namibia	40.6% of Total
44	Mexico	40.6% of Total
45	Nepal	40.1% of Total
46	Bulgaria	39.5% of Total
47	Yemen	38.0% of Total
48	Malawi	37.7% of Total
49	Ukraine	36.8% of Total
50	Morocco	36.6% of Total
51	Timor-Leste	35.2% of Total
52	Philippines	34.9% of Total
53	Argentina	33.2% of Total
54	Moldova, Republic of	32.7% of Total
55	Mali	31.4% of Total
56	Colombia	31.4% of Total
57	Zimbabwe	31.1% of Total
58	Fiji	30.3% of Total
59	Sri Lanka	30.0% of Total
60	Honduras	29.3% of Total
61	Ecuador	28.1% of Total
62	Brazil	28.1% of Total
63	Kazakhstan	27.6% of Total
64	Croatia	27.5% of Total
65	Azerbaijan	26.9% of Total
66	Senegal	26.8% of Total
67	Kenya	26.4% of Total
68	Maldives	25.5% of Total
69	Niger	22.0% of Total
70	Cape Verde	21.9% of Total
71	State of Palestine	21.2% of Total
72	Ethiopia	21.1% of Total
73	Rwanda	20.1% of Total
74	Guinea-Bissau	19.5% of Total
75	Haiti	19.1% of Total
76	Ghana	19.1% of Total
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.4% of Total
78	Sierra Leone	17.3% of Total
79	Nigeria	17.3% of Total
80	Kiribati	16.6% of Total
81	Belize	16.3% of Total
82	Togo	15.0% of Total
83	Marshall Islands	14.9% of Total
84	Türkiye	14.5% of Total
85	Liberia	12.7% of Total
86	Tunisia	11.7% of Total
87	United Republic of Tanzania	10.9% of Total
88	Pakistan	10.3% of Total
89	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.0% of Total
90	Kyrgyzstan	9.9% of Total
91	Chad	9.8% of Total
92	Tajikistan	9.7% of Total
93	Djibouti	9.5% of Total
94	Afghanistan	8.8% of Total
95	Myanmar	8.8% of Total
96	Sao Tome and Principe	8.7% of Total
97	Serbia	8.3% of Total
98	Somalia	8.2% of Total
99	Montenegro	8.1% of Total
100	Guinea	8.0% of Total
101	Burundi	7.9% of Total
102	Cameroon	7.4% of Total
103	Sudan	7.4% of Total
104	Bhutan	7.2% of Total
105	Uzbekistan	7.0% of Total
106	Micronesia, Federated States of	6.3% of Total
107	South Sudan	6.2% of Total
108	Albania	6.0% of Total
109	Benin	5.0% of Total
110	Comoros	4.9% of Total
111	Lebanon	4.8% of Total
112	Venezuela	4.7% of Total
113	Angola	4.4% of Total
114	Cote d'Ivoire	4.0% of Total
115	Papua New Guinea	3.4% of Total
116	Mozambique	2.7% of Total
117	Solomon Islands	1.7% of Total
118	Republic of The Gambia	1.5% of Total
119	Zambia	1.5% of Total
120	Uganda	0.7% of Total

Showing 120 of 120 countries

Topics

#demographic #% of total #coverage #social #safety #net #programs #population #series

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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