Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile

Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in 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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
120
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
Panama202387.00percent
Argentina202268.86percent
Armenia202259.74percent
Bangladesh202269.34percent
Bhutan20224.26percent
Brazil202264.28percent
Chad20226.67percent
Chile202292.78percent
Colombia202254.04percent
Costa Rica202281.85percent

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