[ILO] Proportion of children/households receiving child/family cash benefit, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
31
Highest
100.0%
Australia
Lowest
3.0%
Melanesia
Median
100.0%
Years covered
16
2009–2024
Data points
502
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of children/households receiving child/family cash benefit, by sex (%) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Australia; the lowest is 3.0% in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 83.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Cabo Verde (up 45.3%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 6.0%).
[ILO] Proportion of children/households receiving child/family cash: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Caribbean | 26.4% | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 23 | Australia and New Zealand | 96.6% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 24 | United States | 82.4% | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 25 | Micronesia | 53.2% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 47.8% | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 27.7% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | Mexico | 23.5% | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 29 | Polynesia | 18.1% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 30 | Melanesia | 3.0% | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 100.0%
- Northern Europe 99.9%
- Eastern Europe 93.2%
- Europe 92.3%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 89.5%
- Europe and Northern America 89.3%
- Northern America 84.0%
- United States of America 82.4%
- Southern Europe 71.0%
- Southern Africa 62.0%
- Oceania 56.0%
- Americas 54.9%
- South America 53.7%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 42.3%
- Central Asia 40.3%
- Northern Africa 30.0%
- Central and Southern Asia 28.4%
- World 28.2%
- Southern Asia 27.9%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 26.3%
- South-eastern Asia 24.5%
- Western Asia 22.6%
- Asia 22.5%
- Central America 21.7%
- Developing regions 21.2%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 20.3%
- Africa 15.4%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 14.9%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 14.8%
- Western Africa 13.6%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.9%
- Eastern Africa 10.1%
- Eastern Asia 9.0%
- Middle Africa 6.5%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4.2%