Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile (% of population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). 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 Eswatini 93.73 2016
2 South Africa 92.99 2014
3 Lesotho 87.17 2017
4 Botswana 68.78 2015
5 Burkina Faso 57.54 2018
6 Mauritius 49.84 2017
7 Namibia 48.38 2015
8 Egypt 47.35 2008
9 Malawi 47.09 2016
10 Mauritania 46.01 2014
11 Gabon 45.47 2017
12 Morocco 43.03 2009
13 Zimbabwe 37.76 2019
14 Côte d'Ivoire 34.15 2015
15 Kenya 27.93 2015
16 Nigeria 24.70 2018
17 Ghana 24.35 2016
18 Ethiopia 24.29 2018
19 Cabo Verde 22.87 2007
20 Rwanda 22.23 2013
21 Niger 20.61 2014
22 Sierra Leone 18.21 2018
23 Angola 16.41 2018
24 Tunisia 15.28 2010
25 Liberia 14.62 2016
26 Tanzania 13.02 2014
27 Sudan 10.24 2009
28 Djibouti 9.38 2012
29 Senegal 8.48 2011
30 Dem. Rep. Congo 6.82 2012
31 The Gambia 1.98 2015
32 Mozambique 1.80 2014
33 Guinea 1.75 2012
34 Congo 1.05 2005
35 Zambia 1.02 2015
36 Uganda 0.65 2016
37 Cameroon 0.34 2014
38 Chad 0.15 2011

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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