Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance by country

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

Countries reporting
27
Highest
25.7%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.2%
Brazil
Median
6.2%
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 25.7% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.2% in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.2%, and the mean is 8.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 117.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 2,191.4%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 94.7%).

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 25.7% 2020 down 8.0% volatile
2 Belarus 25.7% 2019 down 31.7% falling
3 Panama 25.6% 2023 up 349.5% volatile
4 Vietnam 16.7% 2020 up 2,191.4% volatile
5 Mongolia 16.5% 2020 down 37.5% falling
6 Peru 15.5% 2022 up 269.0% volatile
7 Russia 12.6% 2017 up 775.6% rising
8 Poland 11.5% 2019 down 54.7% falling
9 Chile 11.0% 2022 up 14.0% rising
10 Mexico 9.3% 2022 up 44.1% rising
11 El Salvador 8.2% 2022 down 11.1% rising
12 South Africa 7.1% 2021 up 873.0% volatile
13 Moldova 6.3% 2018 down 49.5% falling
14 Uruguay 6.2% 2022 up 76.1% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 4.3% 2021 down 68.8% volatile
16 Indonesia 4.2% 2022 up 5.0% rising
17 Ecuador 3.0% 2017 up 666.1% volatile
18 Armenia 2.5% 2022 down 50.2% falling
19 Honduras 1.3% 2019 down 94.7% volatile
20 Paraguay 1.2% 2015 volatile
21 Argentina 0.8% 2022 up 69.2% rising
22 Thailand 0.7% 2021 up 12.9% falling
23 Costa Rica 0.6% 2022 up 6.8% flat
24 Turkey 0.5% 2019 down 7.7% flat
25 Romania 0.4% 2019 down 83.8% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 down 80.6% volatile
27 Brazil 0.2% 2019 up 15.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Other Social Assistance
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)