[ILO] Proportion of vulnerable population receiving social assistance cash benefit, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
10
Highest
100.0%
Belgium
Lowest
5.2%
Melanesia
Median
84.1%
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
390
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of vulnerable population receiving social assistance cash benefit, by sex (%) is currently reported for 10 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 5.2% in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.1%, and the mean is 68.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
[ILO] Proportion of vulnerable population receiving social assistance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 95.7% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 72.4% | 2022 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 7 | Micronesia | 56.3% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 8 | Polynesia | 30.5% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 9 | Cabo Verde | 20.2% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 10 | Melanesia | 5.2% | 2023 | up 36.8% | 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 99.7%
- Northern America 88.8%
- Europe and Northern America 79.6%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 79.3%
- Europe 74.9%
- Oceania 69.3%
- Eastern Europe 61.1%
- Americas 59.6%
- Central America 59.2%
- Southern Africa 51.2%
- Southern Europe 50.4%
- Eastern Asia 43.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 42.9%
- Central Asia 41.6%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 41.4%
- South America 38.4%
- South-Eastern Asia 37.5%
- World 37.3%
- Asia 33.8%
- Developing regions 29.3%
- Western Asia 26.8%
- Central and Southern Asia 26.3%
- Southern Asia 25.8%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 25.0%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 23.7%
- Northern Africa 20.3%
- Caribbean 19.6%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 14.8%
- Africa 12.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 10.9%
- Western Africa 10.8%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.8%
- Eastern Africa 8.0%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 7.1%
- Middle Africa 4.0%