[ILO] Proportion of population with severe disabilities receiving disability cash benefit, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
46
Highest
100.0%
Latvia
Lowest
2.1%
Guatemala
Median
100.0%
Years covered
13
2013β2025
Data points
687
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of population with severe disabilities receiving disability cash benefit, by sex (%) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Latvia; the lowest is 2.1% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 86.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Korea (up 131.5%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 37.0%).
[ILO] Proportion of population with severe disabilities receiving: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2022 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2022 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2022 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Australia and New Zealand | 99.8% | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 95.9% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 37 | Switzerland | 92.7% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 91.5% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 40 | Malta | 64.1% | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 41 | Bermuda | 57.8% | 2021 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 45 | Republic of Korea | 29.4% | 2021 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 18.6% | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 48 | Paraguay | 13.6% | 2022 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 49 | Colombia | 11.0% | 2025 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.1% | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 52 | Guatemala | 2.1% | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 100.0%
- United States of America 100.0%
- Western Europe 99.7%
- Europe and Northern America 98.4%
- Northern America 96.9%
- Americas 74.2%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 39.7%
- World 38.9%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 25.4%
- Central and Southern Asia 21.1%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 8.3%