Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban by country

Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
24
Highest
70.0%
Panama
Lowest
0.6%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
12.4%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
227

What the numbers show

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 70.0% in Panama; the lowest is 0.6% in Kyrgyzstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.4%, and the mean is 17.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 113.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 844.0%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 80.0%).

Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Panama 70.0% 2023 up 514.2% volatile
2 Belarus 40.3% 2019 down 11.2% falling
3 Chile 38.4% 2022 up 31.0% rising
4 Russia 34.4% 2017 up 844.0% rising
5 El Salvador 34.2% 2022 up 17.3% rising
6 Peru 28.9% 2022 up 24.5% volatile
7 Mexico 27.2% 2022 up 121.5% volatile
8 Ukraine 26.7% 2020 down 13.7% falling
9 Indonesia 19.0% 2022 up 9.8% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 15.3% 2018 down 16.5% rising
11 Mongolia 13.6% 2020 down 56.7% falling
12 Uruguay 13.2% 2022 up 122.6% volatile
13 Costa Rica 11.5% 2022 up 31.8% rising
14 Ecuador 11.2% 2017 down 43.4% falling
15 South Africa 10.5% 2021 up 734.2% volatile
16 Poland 9.7% 2019 down 48.2% falling
17 Argentina 6.9% 2022 up 688.2% volatile
18 Armenia 6.6% 2020 up 98.1% rising
19 Kazakhstan 4.6% 2021 down 74.0% volatile
20 Thailand 2.6% 2021 up 63.8% falling
21 Paraguay 2.4% 2015 volatile
22 Türkiye 1.3% 2019 down 38.4% falling
23 Brazil 1.2% 2019 down 80.0% volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2018 down 37.5% falling

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Indicator
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 227 data points, 2005–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Other Social Assistance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)