Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs (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
Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs (Arab countries,2002–2016)
| Year |
value
Min
Max
|
Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12.57 | Yemen |
| 2009 | 7.45 | Sudan |
| 2010 | 14.43 | Tunisia |
| 2007 | 11.49 | Palestine |
| 2009 | 10.72 | Palestine |
| 2016 | 21.18 | Palestine |
| 2008 | 33.53 | Mauritania |
| 2014 | 45.22 | Mauritania |
| 2009 | 36.59 | Morocco |
| 2002 | 2.82 | Djibouti |
| 2012 | 9.53 | Djibouti |
| 2008 | 44.88 | Egypt |
| 2006 | 79.97 | Iraq |
| 2012 | 75.77 | Iraq |
| 2006 | 80.72 | Jordan |
| 2010 | 65.68 | Jordan |
| 2004 | 4.83 | Lebanon |
Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs (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