[ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social protection benefit, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
18
Highest
100.0%
Belgium
Lowest
6.0%
Mozambique
Median
71.6%
Years covered
11
2015–2025
Data points
433
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social protection benefit, by sex (%) is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 6.0% in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.6%, and the mean is 67.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 238.4%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 16.9%).
[ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | France | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 95.2% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 80.8% | 2022 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 75.3% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Micronesia | 72.0% | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 71.2% | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 11 | India | 64.3% | 2025 | up 238.4% | rising |
| 12 | Cabo Verde | 60.3% | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 59.8% | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 58.3% | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 46.1% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 16.9% | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 17 | Guatemala | 12.1% | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2022 | — | 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 95.8%
- Europe 90.9%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 88.5%
- Europe and Northern America 87.4%
- Eastern Europe 86.6%
- Southern Europe 83.5%
- Northern America 80.6%
- Eastern Asia 78.5%
- Oceania 72.5%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 69.0%
- Americas 68.2%
- Central America 65.6%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 61.2%
- South America 60.9%
- Central Asia 60.3%
- Southern Africa 59.1%
- Asia 52.9%
- World 52.4%
- South-Eastern Asia 45.9%
- Developing regions 45.5%
- Caribbean 45.1%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 43.7%
- Western Asia 43.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 39.8%
- Central and Southern Asia 36.3%
- Northern Africa 35.8%
- Southern Asia 35.4%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 21.0%
- Africa 19.1%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 19.0%
- Western Africa 15.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.4%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13.0%
- Eastern Africa 11.9%
- Middle Africa 7.8%