Adequacy of social protection and labor programs

Adequacy of social protection and labor programs (SPL) is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social insurance, social safety net, and unemployment benefits and active labor market programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
122
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Bank

    ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), uri: datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/, note: Data are based on national representative household surveys.

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  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Panama202320.42percent
Argentina202234.35percent
Armenia202240.75percent
Bangladesh20222.87percent
Bhutan202214.38percent
Brazil202241.43percent
Chad20229.98percent
Chile202228.27percent
Colombia202225.34percent
Costa Rica202234.66percent

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