Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP (% of population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Ghana 11.32 2012
2 Morocco 8.30 2009
3 Botswana 6.23 2015
4 Madagascar 5.70 2010
5 Mauritius 5.57 2017
6 Djibouti 4.33 2012
7 Cabo Verde 3.53 2007
8 Gabon 3.35 2017
9 Angola 3.22 2018
10 Namibia 2.83 2015
11 Eswatini 2.80 2016
12 Senegal 2.08 2011
13 Liberia 1.63 2016
14 Lesotho 1.58 2017
15 Zimbabwe 1.54 2019
16 Rwanda 1.45 2013
17 Mozambique 1.20 2014
18 Burkina Faso 1.14 2018
19 Tanzania 0.98 2014
20 Cameroon 0.94 2014
21 South Africa 0.87 2005
22 Nigeria 0.78 2018
23 Côte d'Ivoire 0.43 2002
24 Comoros 0.15 2004

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Limitations and Exceptions: When interpreting ASPIRE performance indicators based on household surveys, it is important to note that the extent to which information on specific transfers and programs is captured in the household surveys can vary a lot across countries. Moreover, household surveys do not capture the universe of social protection programs in the country, in best practice cases just the largest programs. As a consequence, ASPIRE indicators are not fully comparable across program categories and countries; however, they provide approximate measures of social protection systems performance. In addition, there may be cases where ASPIRE performance indicators differ from official WB country reports as ASPIRE indicators are based on a first level analysis of original survey data and unified methodology that does not necessarily reflect country-specific knowledge and in depth country analysis relying on administrative program level data and/or imputations.

Aggregation method: Simple average

Periodicity: Annual