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Peru: Adequacy of social safety net programs

4.19percent · 2022-57.2% since 2012

Adequacy of social safety net programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social safety net programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Social safety net programs include cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries. Annual figures for Peru from 2008 to 2022.

20082022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20224.195
20214.869
20206.49
201910.193
201810.281
201710.708
201610.437
201511.015
20147.99
20138.539
20129.802
201110.463
201010.108
200911.029
200812.811

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World Bank (2026). Adequacy of social safety net programs. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-adequacy-of-social-safety-net-programs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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