Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile (% of population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Coverage of social insurance programs shows the percentage of population participating in programs that provide old age contributory pensions (including survivors and disability) and social security and health insurance benefits (including occupational injury benefits, paid sick leave, maternity and other social insurance). 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 49.30 2016
2 Egypt 17.73 2008
3 Rwanda 17.27 2013
4 Mauritius 12.54 2017
5 Gabon 11.45 2005
6 Mauritania 10.45 2008
7 Côte d'Ivoire 5.43 2015
8 Djibouti 5.33 2012
9 Congo 4.89 2005
10 Benin 3.60 2003
11 Cabo Verde 3.25 2007
12 Namibia 2.65 2015
13 Botswana 2.02 2015
14 Zimbabwe 1.80 2019
15 Eswatini 1.37 2016
16 Mozambique 1.14 2014
17 The Gambia 1.13 2015
18 Nigeria 0.99 2018
19 Senegal 0.94 2011
20 Cameroon 0.91 2014
21 South Africa 0.91 2014
22 Comoros 0.77 2004
23 Guinea 0.74 2012
24 Angola 0.72 2018
25 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.65 2012
26 Chad 0.64 2011
27 Liberia 0.59 2016
28 Mali 0.56 2009
29 Burkina Faso 0.30 2018
30 Lesotho 0.26 2017
31 Tanzania 0.26 2014
32 Kenya 0.22 2015
33 Zambia 0.20 2015
34 Malawi 0.18 2016
35 Ethiopia 0.09 2018
36 Uganda 0.03 2016
37 Niger 0.00 2014
38 Sierra Leone 0.00 2018
38 Togo 0.00 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