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

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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
53.4%
Panama
Lowest
0.7%
Brazil
Median
10.5%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
227

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 53.4% in Panama; the lowest is 0.7% in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.5%, and the mean is 14.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 74.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 1,141.3%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 69.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Panama 53.4% 2023 up 380.0% volatile
2 Belarus 38.4% 2019 down 14.2% falling
3 Chile 34.9% 2022 up 71.9% rising
4 Ukraine 34.1% 2020 up 3.3% volatile
5 Peru 23.7% 2022 up 139.8% volatile
6 El Salvador 23.4% 2022 up 14.8% rising
7 Russia 20.1% 2017 up 894.1% rising
8 Mexico 19.7% 2022 up 97.4% volatile
9 Mongolia 13.9% 2020 down 49.7% falling
10 Poland 12.5% 2019 down 53.7% falling
11 Indonesia 12.1% 2022 up 65.1% rising
12 Moldova 11.1% 2018 down 55.2% falling
13 South Africa 9.9% 2021 up 1,141.3% volatile
14 Ecuador 8.7% 2017 down 39.3% falling
15 Uruguay 7.6% 2022 up 86.1% volatile
16 Costa Rica 6.4% 2022 up 65.0% rising
17 Kazakhstan 6.1% 2021 down 65.6% volatile
18 Argentina 5.1% 2022 up 349.1% volatile
19 Armenia 4.5% 2020 up 39.7% flat
20 Paraguay 2.1% 2015 volatile
21 Turkey 1.5% 2019 down 6.8% rising
22 Thailand 1.2% 2021 up 331.2% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2018 down 58.5% volatile
24 Brazil 0.7% 2019 down 69.6% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Other Social Assistance -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 227 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed

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