Argentina - Social safety net programs
Adequacy of social safety net programs (% of total welfare of beneficiary households)
The value for Adequacy of social safety net programs (% of total welfare of beneficiary households) in Argentina was 12.61 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.34 in 2014 and a minimum value of 9.63 in 2017.
Definition: Adequacy of social safety net programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social safety net programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Social safety net programs include 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 12.67 |
| 2010 | 10.96 |
| 2011 | 11.33 |
| 2012 | 10.47 |
| 2013 | 11.31 |
| 2014 | 15.34 |
| 2016 | 13.04 |
| 2017 | 9.63 |
| 2018 | 10.57 |
| 2019 | 12.61 |
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits)
The value for Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits) in Argentina was 48.61 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.77 in 2016 and a minimum value of 20.00 in 2011.
Definition: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social safety net benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social safety net programs include 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 20.87 |
| 2010 | 39.99 |
| 2011 | 20.00 |
| 2012 | 20.80 |
| 2013 | 46.38 |
| 2014 | 50.84 |
| 2016 | 51.77 |
| 2017 | 49.35 |
| 2018 | 49.27 |
| 2019 | 48.61 |
Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population) in Argentina was 22.11 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.11 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9.39 in 2010.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 11.35 |
| 2010 | 9.39 |
| 2011 | 17.06 |
| 2012 | 16.27 |
| 2013 | 19.76 |
| 2014 | 16.81 |
| 2016 | 15.99 |
| 2017 | 21.04 |
| 2018 | 21.84 |
| 2019 | 22.11 |
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile (% of population) in Argentina was 54.81 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.81 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21.80 in 2010.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 28.06 |
| 2010 | 21.80 |
| 2011 | 26.22 |
| 2012 | 25.21 |
| 2013 | 45.82 |
| 2014 | 41.79 |
| 2016 | 41.19 |
| 2017 | 51.49 |
| 2018 | 53.98 |
| 2019 | 54.81 |
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile (% of population) in Argentina was 32.88 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.88 in 2019 and a minimum value of 12.76 in 2010.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 16.20 |
| 2010 | 12.76 |
| 2011 | 21.24 |
| 2012 | 19.29 |
| 2013 | 30.20 |
| 2014 | 24.16 |
| 2016 | 21.60 |
| 2017 | 30.87 |
| 2018 | 32.07 |
| 2019 | 32.88 |
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile (% of population) in Argentina was 15.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.27 in 2012 and a minimum value of 7.49 in 2010.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 8.10 |
| 2010 | 7.49 |
| 2011 | 15.54 |
| 2012 | 16.27 |
| 2013 | 14.67 |
| 2014 | 11.65 |
| 2016 | 11.05 |
| 2017 | 15.08 |
| 2018 | 14.52 |
| 2019 | 15.60 |
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile (% of population) in Argentina was 5.61 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.80 in 2011 and a minimum value of 3.38 in 2006.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 3.38 |
| 2010 | 3.86 |
| 2011 | 13.80 |
| 2012 | 11.66 |
| 2013 | 6.65 |
| 2014 | 4.55 |
| 2016 | 4.20 |
| 2017 | 4.92 |
| 2018 | 6.55 |
| 2019 | 5.61 |
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile (% of population) in Argentina was 1.67 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.92 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.05 in 2006.
Definition: 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.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 1.05 |
| 2010 | 1.06 |
| 2011 | 8.52 |
| 2012 | 8.92 |
| 2013 | 1.51 |
| 2014 | 1.91 |
| 2016 | 1.94 |
| 2017 | 2.85 |
| 2018 | 2.09 |
| 2019 | 1.67 |
Classification
Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators
Sub-Topic: Performance
