Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)

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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
17
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Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)
2005 Yemen 13.5
2009 Sudan 6.63
2010 Tunisia 15.1
2007 Palestine 10.55
2009 Palestine 11.74
2016 Palestine 13.93
2008 Mauritania 37.43
2014 Mauritania 48.67
2009 Morocco 39.17
2002 Djibouti 2.96
2012 Djibouti 3.83
2008 Egypt 45.47
2006 Iraq 81.69
2012 Iraq 77.17
2006 Jordan 84.86
2010 Jordan 75.41
2004 Lebanon 6.11

Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)

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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
17
Source