Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, poorest 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
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Arab Region
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17
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Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, poorest quintile (Arab countries,2002–2016)
Location Year value
Yemen 2005 16.35
Sudan 2009 13.1
Tunisia 2010 19.81
Palestine 2007 22.5
Palestine 2009 21.37
Palestine 2016 45.88
Mauritania 2008 30.35
Mauritania 2014 47.46
Morocco 2009 50.11
Djibouti 2002 2.37
Djibouti 2012 30.83
Egypt 2008 54.86
Iraq 2006 86.37
Iraq 2012 86.12
Jordan 2006 87.01
Jordan 2010 83.31
Lebanon 2004 3.15

Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, poorest 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