SDG indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems by country
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of the population effectively covered by a social protection system, including social protection floors. It also provides the coverage rates...
What the numbers show
SDG indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems is currently reported for 15 countries. The highest value is 100 in Belgium; the lowest is 45.1 in Caribbean.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.2, and the mean is 68.84.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 238.4%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 16.9%).
SDG indicator 1.3.1 … covered by social protection floors/systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | France | 99.4 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 80.8 | 2022 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 75.3 | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 71.2 | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 9 | India | 64.3 | 2025 | up 238.4% | rising |
| 10 | Cape Verde | 60.3 | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 59.8 | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 58.3 | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 13 | Guatemala | 12.1 | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 6 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 57 | Caribbean | 45.1 | 2023 | up 28.5% | 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
- Central and Western Asia: High income 97.4
- Northern Europe 95.8
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: High income 94.8
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: High income 94.6
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe 93.6
- Europe and Central Asia: High income 92.9
- European Union 28 92.5
- European Union 27 92.3
- Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income 90.9
- Asia and the Pacific: High income 90.1
- Eastern Asia: High income 89.2
- G7 88.5
- Eastern Europe 86.6
- World: High income 85.9
- Europe and Central Asia 85.2
- Eastern Europe: High income 83.6
- Southern Europe 83.5
- Northern America: High income 80.6
- Northern America 80.6
- Americas: High income 80.1
- Europe and Central Asia: Upper-middle income 79.2
- Eastern Asia 78.5
- Latin America and the Caribbean: High income 74.1
- APEC 74
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 73.8
- Pacific Islands 72.5
- World: Upper-middle income 71.2
- Americas 68.2
- G20 66.9
- Central and Western Asia: Upper-middle income 66.1
- Central America 65.6
- Western Asia 65.4
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income 64.3
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 64
- Central and Western Asia 63.3
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 63.1
- Americas: Upper-middle income 63.1
- Latin America and the Caribbean 61.2
- South America 60.9
About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of the population effectively covered by a social protection system, including social protection floors. It also provides the coverage rates of the main functions of social protection: child and maternity benefits, support for persons without a job, persons with severe disabilities, workers in case of work injury, older persons, and poor and vulnerable. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.