Social Protection Statistics in the United States

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Poverty rate ($3.00/day, 2021 PPP)

1.2%0.0 pp vs 2022

Poverty rate ($8.30/day, 2021 PPP)

2%−0.2 pp vs 2022

Social contributions, % of revenue

36.9%+4.4 pp vs 2022

Population aged 65+

17.9%+0.5 pp vs 2023

Poverty gap increase from health spending

0.24+20.0% vs 2020

People receiving government transfers

29.92+5.3% vs 2017

All Social Protection datasets for the United States (49)

Dataset	Source
Household indicators dashboard – indicator view OECD	OECD	−17.6%
Social insurance pensions International Transfer OECD	OECD	−4.9%
Social insurance pensions OECD	OECD	−4.9%
Sustainable Development Goal 01 - No poverty OECD	OECD	−0.4%
Demographic and economic context OECD	OECD	+1.8%
Design of pension systems OECD	OECD	–
Income and poverty of older people OECD	OECD	–
Pensions at a glance OECD	OECD	–
Pension replacement rates OECD	OECD	–
Pension wealth OECD	OECD	–
Structure of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	−1.3%
Pension plan membership OECD	OECD	+0.2%
Operating costs of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	0%
Benefit payments and contributions to asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	+5.6%
Assets earmarked for retirement OECD	OECD	−5%
Asset allocation of pension funds and other pension providers OECD	OECD	+9.6%
Received government transfer (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.3%
Received government transfer, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−5.2%
Received government transfer or pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.1%
Received government transfer or pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−5.7%
Received government transfer or pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+18.2%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+21.8%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+7%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+39%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+29.4%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+24.3%
Received a public sector pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−8.8%
Received a public sector pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−21.5%
Received a public sector pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.4%
Received government payments (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.5%
Received government payments, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−0.6%
Received government payments, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.4%
Received government payments: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+18.8%
Received government payments: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+6.3%
Received government payments: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+33.3%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+22.1%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+14.9%
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Net total social expenditure in % GDP OECD	OECD	+13.7%
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	0%
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP OECD	OECD	0%
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	+2.8%
Population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $1.90 a-day poverty line (%) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $2.15 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+20%

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