Panama - 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 Panama was 6.73 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.18 in 2016 and a minimum value of 2.72 in 2008.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 2.72 |
| 2009 | 6.03 |
| 2010 | 7.66 |
| 2011 | 7.56 |
| 2012 | 6.93 |
| 2013 | 6.57 |
| 2014 | 6.78 |
| 2015 | 8.08 |
| 2016 | 8.18 |
| 2017 | 7.91 |
| 2018 | 7.18 |
| 2019 | 6.73 |
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 Panama was 25.11 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.69 in 2008 and a minimum value of 22.74 in 2013.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 48.69 |
| 2009 | 29.98 |
| 2010 | 25.66 |
| 2011 | 24.44 |
| 2012 | 22.95 |
| 2013 | 22.74 |
| 2014 | 23.19 |
| 2015 | 25.13 |
| 2016 | 25.83 |
| 2017 | 26.85 |
| 2018 | 24.90 |
| 2019 | 25.11 |
Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population)
The value for Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population) in Panama was 66.14 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.14 in 2019 and a minimum value of 48.40 in 2011.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 52.02 |
| 2009 | 51.79 |
| 2010 | 51.94 |
| 2011 | 48.40 |
| 2012 | 52.37 |
| 2013 | 53.94 |
| 2014 | 51.12 |
| 2015 | 63.82 |
| 2016 | 64.34 |
| 2017 | 62.75 |
| 2018 | 65.99 |
| 2019 | 66.14 |
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 Panama was 89.51 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.58 in 2016 and a minimum value of 79.04 in 2008.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 79.04 |
| 2009 | 82.64 |
| 2010 | 83.46 |
| 2011 | 79.33 |
| 2012 | 84.53 |
| 2013 | 84.66 |
| 2014 | 80.98 |
| 2015 | 89.49 |
| 2016 | 90.58 |
| 2017 | 87.10 |
| 2018 | 89.18 |
| 2019 | 89.51 |
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 Panama was 79.37 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.46 in 2016 and a minimum value of 64.64 in 2011.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 70.41 |
| 2009 | 71.55 |
| 2010 | 67.48 |
| 2011 | 64.64 |
| 2012 | 67.11 |
| 2013 | 71.13 |
| 2014 | 67.01 |
| 2015 | 81.08 |
| 2016 | 82.46 |
| 2017 | 79.81 |
| 2018 | 80.66 |
| 2019 | 79.37 |
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 Panama was 70.68 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.51 in 2016 and a minimum value of 49.23 in 2011.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 54.88 |
| 2009 | 52.68 |
| 2010 | 54.91 |
| 2011 | 49.23 |
| 2012 | 55.62 |
| 2013 | 55.37 |
| 2014 | 51.62 |
| 2015 | 70.36 |
| 2016 | 72.51 |
| 2017 | 67.43 |
| 2018 | 71.85 |
| 2019 | 70.68 |
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 Panama was 58.96 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.96 in 2019 and a minimum value of 34.06 in 2011.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 39.71 |
| 2009 | 37.92 |
| 2010 | 39.30 |
| 2011 | 34.06 |
| 2012 | 37.72 |
| 2013 | 39.79 |
| 2014 | 39.05 |
| 2015 | 53.24 |
| 2016 | 53.10 |
| 2017 | 52.91 |
| 2018 | 55.87 |
| 2019 | 58.96 |
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 Panama was 32.22 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.44 in 2018 and a minimum value of 14.20 in 2009.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 16.11 |
| 2009 | 14.20 |
| 2010 | 14.60 |
| 2011 | 14.74 |
| 2012 | 16.86 |
| 2013 | 18.76 |
| 2014 | 16.96 |
| 2015 | 24.92 |
| 2016 | 23.08 |
| 2017 | 26.52 |
| 2018 | 32.44 |
| 2019 | 32.22 |
Classification
Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators
Sub-Topic: Performance
