Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) by country

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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
35.3%
Belarus
Lowest
0.1%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
8.1%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 35.3% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.1% in Kyrgyzstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1%, and the mean is 11.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 245.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 5,296.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 93.4%).

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
2 Belarus 35.3% 2019 down 15.6% falling
3 Chile 34.0% 2022 up 70.4% rising
4 Peru 27.9% 2022 up 78.4% volatile
5 El Salvador 27.3% 2022 up 1.3% rising
6 Ukraine 25.4% 2020 down 14.5% falling
7 Russia 21.7% 2017 up 971.0% rising
9 Vietnam 16.7% 2020 up 818.9% volatile
10 Mongolia 13.1% 2020 down 65.6% volatile
11 Indonesia 12.7% 2022 up 14.9% rising
12 Poland 11.9% 2019 down 45.4% falling
13 Ecuador 10.4% 2017 up 5,296.7% volatile
14 South Africa 10.0% 2021 up 1,213.8% volatile
15 Moldova 8.1% 2018 down 37.7% falling
16 Uruguay 7.0% 2022 up 105.2% volatile
17 Costa Rica 5.4% 2022 up 23.3% rising
18 Kazakhstan 5.3% 2021 down 59.2% volatile
19 Argentina 4.1% 2022 up 239.4% rising
20 Thailand 2.0% 2021 up 63.9% falling
21 Paraguay 1.6% 2015 volatile
22 Honduras 1.5% 2019 down 92.2% volatile
23 Turkey 1.3% 2019 down 19.5% rising
24 Armenia 0.8% 2022 down 45.0% falling
25 Brazil 0.6% 2019 down 81.5% volatile
26 Romania 0.5% 2019 down 93.4% volatile
27 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 86.4% falling

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 257 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed

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