WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Do families receive income support?

This map tells us whether countries create an income safety net by providing family cash benefits.

Cash benefits refer to direct financial assistance provided to households by the government, as opposed to other types of assistance such as food stamps or tax.

Our data on family benefits include only cash benefits because we were unable to examine other types of transfers to families as there was no reliable global data source for this information.

Provided only in certain circumstances includes cases where benefits are available only to specific groups of people, such as single parents or orphans, or as benefits to fund specific aspects of life, such as housing allowances, birth grants, and school allowances.

Provided subject only to a means test includes benefits that are only available to families with incomes below a certain level.

Provided without a means test includes benefits that are available to families without considering their income.

Countries

Afghanistan - No known family cash benefits

Andorra - No known family cash benefits

Antigua and Barbuda - No known family cash benefits

Bahamas - No known family cash benefits

Bahrain - No known family cash benefits

Bangladesh - No known family cash benefits

Barbados - No known family cash benefits

Belize - No known family cash benefits

Bhutan - No known family cash benefits

Brunei - No known family cash benefits

Cambodia - No known family cash benefits

Comoros - No known family cash benefits

Dominica - No known family cash benefits

Ecuador - No known family cash benefits

Egypt - No known family cash benefits

El Salvador - No known family cash benefits

Eritrea - No known family cash benefits

Ethiopia - No known family cash benefits

Fiji - No known family cash benefits

The Gambia - No known family cash benefits

Ghana - No known family cash benefits

Grenada - No known family cash benefits

Guatemala - No known family cash benefits

Guyana - No known family cash benefits

Haiti - No known family cash benefits

Honduras - No known family cash benefits

India - No known family cash benefits

Indonesia - No known family cash benefits

Iraq - No known family cash benefits

Jordan - No known family cash benefits

Kenya - No known family cash benefits

Kiribati - No known family cash benefits

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No known family cash benefits

Republic of Korea - No known family cash benefits

Kuwait - No known family cash benefits

Lesotho - No known family cash benefits

Liberia - No known family cash benefits

Malawi - No known family cash benefits

Malaysia - No known family cash benefits

Maldives - No known family cash benefits

Marshall Islands - No known family cash benefits

Micronesia, Federated States of - No known family cash benefits

Myanmar - No known family cash benefits

Namibia - No known family cash benefits

Nepal - No known family cash benefits

Nigeria - No known family cash benefits

Oman - No known family cash benefits

Pakistan - No known family cash benefits

Palau - No known family cash benefits

Panama - No known family cash benefits

Papua New Guinea - No known family cash benefits

Paraguay - No known family cash benefits

The Philippines - No known family cash benefits

Rwanda - No known family cash benefits

Samoa - No known family cash benefits

Sao Tome and Principe - No known family cash benefits

Saudi Arabia - No known family cash benefits

Seychelles - No known family cash benefits

Sierra Leone - No known family cash benefits

Singapore - No known family cash benefits

Solomon Islands - No known family cash benefits

Somalia - No known family cash benefits

St. Kitts and Nevis - No known family cash benefits

St. Lucia - No known family cash benefits

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No known family cash benefits

Sudan - No known family cash benefits

Suriname - No known family cash benefits

Eswatini - No known family cash benefits

Syria - No known family cash benefits

Tanzania - No known family cash benefits

Tonga - No known family cash benefits

Türkiye - No known family cash benefits

Tuvalu - No known family cash benefits

Uganda - No known family cash benefits

United Arab Emirates - No known family cash benefits

Vanuatu - No known family cash benefits

Vietnam - No known family cash benefits

Yemen - No known family cash benefits

Zambia - No known family cash benefits

Zimbabwe - No known family cash benefits

Australia - Provided only in certain circumstances

Botswana - Provided only in certain circumstances

Canada - Provided only in certain circumstances

Cuba - Provided only in certain circumstances

Dominican Republic - Provided only in certain circumstances

Iceland - Provided only in certain circumstances

Kyrgyzstan - Provided only in certain circumstances

Laos - Provided only in certain circumstances

New Zealand - Provided only in certain circumstances

Trinidad and Tobago - Provided only in certain circumstances

Turkmenistan - Provided only in certain circumstances

United States of America - Provided only in certain circumstances

Venezuela - Provided only in certain circumstances

Albania - Provided subject only to a means test

Argentina - Provided subject only to a means test

Azerbaijan - Provided subject only to a means test

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Provided subject only to a means test

Brazil - Provided subject only to a means test

Bulgaria - Provided subject only to a means test

Chile - Provided subject only to a means test

China - Provided subject only to a means test

Colombia - Provided subject only to a means test

Costa Rica - Provided subject only to a means test

Croatia - Provided subject only to a means test

Czech Republic - Provided subject only to a means test

Georgia - Provided subject only to a means test

Italy - Provided subject only to a means test

Jamaica - Provided subject only to a means test

Kazakhstan - Provided subject only to a means test

Lithuania - Provided subject only to a means test

North Macedonia - Provided subject only to a means test

Malta - Provided subject only to a means test

Mauritius - Provided subject only to a means test

Mexico - Provided subject only to a means test

Moldova - Provided subject only to a means test

Montenegro - Provided subject only to a means test

Nicaragua - Provided subject only to a means test

Poland - Provided subject only to a means test

Portugal - Provided subject only to a means test

Russian Federation - Provided subject only to a means test

Serbia - Provided subject only to a means test

South Africa - Provided subject only to a means test

Spain - Provided subject only to a means test

Sri Lanka - Provided subject only to a means test

Switzerland - Provided subject only to a means test

Ukraine - Provided subject only to a means test

Uruguay - Provided subject only to a means test

Uzbekistan - Provided subject only to a means test

Algeria - Provided without a means test

Angola - Provided without a means test

Armenia - Provided without a means test

Austria - Provided without a means test

Belarus - Provided without a means test

Belgium - Provided without a means test

Benin - Provided without a means test

Bolivia - Provided without a means test

Burkina Faso - Provided without a means test

Burundi - Provided without a means test

Cameroon - Provided without a means test

Cabo Verde - Provided without a means test

Central African Republic - Provided without a means test

Chad - Provided without a means test

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Provided without a means test

Republic of the Congo - Provided without a means test

Cote d'Ivoire - Provided without a means test

Cyprus - Provided without a means test

Denmark - Provided without a means test

Equatorial Guinea - Provided without a means test

Estonia - Provided without a means test

Finland - Provided without a means test

France - Provided without a means test

Gabon - Provided without a means test

Germany - Provided without a means test

Greece - Provided without a means test

Guinea - Provided without a means test

Hungary - Provided without a means test

Iran - Provided without a means test

Ireland - Provided without a means test

Israel - Provided without a means test

Japan - Provided without a means test

Latvia - Provided without a means test

Lebanon - Provided without a means test

Liechtenstein - Provided without a means test

Luxembourg - Provided without a means test

Madagascar - Provided without a means test

Mali - Provided without a means test

Mauritania - Provided without a means test

Monaco - Provided without a means test

Morocco - Provided without a means test

The Netherlands - Provided without a means test

Niger - Provided without a means test

Norway - Provided without a means test

Peru - Provided without a means test

Romania - Provided without a means test

Senegal - Provided without a means test

Slovakia - Provided without a means test

Slovenia - Provided without a means test

Sweden - Provided without a means test

Thailand - Provided without a means test

Togo - Provided without a means test

Tunisia - Provided without a means test

United Kingdom - Provided without a means test