WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are benefits available to families with disabled children?

This map tells us if countries provide financial assistance for families with children with disabilities.

In defining the term “children with disabilities” some countries refer to persons with physical disabilities, some refer to persons with mental health conditions or intellectual disabilities, and some discuss persons with disabilities in general. For the purposes of our map the term “children with disabilities” captures all of these definitions.

Our data on family benefits include only government-provided cash benefits. We were unable to examine in-kind transfers to families and tax credits as there was no reliable global data source for this information.

No or limited family benefits includes cases where family benefits are available only in certain circumstances such as only to specific groups (for example single parents or orphans), or as benefits to fund specific aspects of life, such as housing or school allowances.

Means-tested family benefits are only available to families with incomes below a certain level. There are no family benefits specific to children with disabilities.

Family benefits that are not means-tested are family benefits available to families without considering their incomes. There are no family benefits specific to children with disabilities.

Countries

Afghanistan - No or limited family benefits

Andorra - No or limited family benefits

Antigua and Barbuda - No or limited family benefits

Bahamas - No or limited family benefits

Bangladesh - No or limited family benefits

Barbados - No or limited family benefits

Belize - No or limited family benefits

Bhutan - No or limited family benefits

Brunei - No or limited family benefits

Cambodia - No or limited family benefits

Canada - No or limited family benefits

Dominica - No or limited family benefits

Ecuador - No or limited family benefits

Egypt - No or limited family benefits

El Salvador - No or limited family benefits

Eritrea - No or limited family benefits

Ethiopia - No or limited family benefits

Fiji - No or limited family benefits

The Gambia - No or limited family benefits

Ghana - No or limited family benefits

Grenada - No or limited family benefits

Guatemala - No or limited family benefits

Guyana - No or limited family benefits

Haiti - No or limited family benefits

Honduras - No or limited family benefits

India - No or limited family benefits

Indonesia - No or limited family benefits

Jordan - No or limited family benefits

Kenya - No or limited family benefits

Kiribati - No or limited family benefits

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No or limited family benefits

Republic of Korea - No or limited family benefits

Kuwait - No or limited family benefits

Laos - No or limited family benefits

Lesotho - No or limited family benefits

Liberia - No or limited family benefits

Malawi - No or limited family benefits

Malaysia - No or limited family benefits

Maldives - No or limited family benefits

Marshall Islands - No or limited family benefits

Micronesia, Federated States of - No or limited family benefits

Myanmar - No or limited family benefits

Nepal - No or limited family benefits

Nigeria - No or limited family benefits

Oman - No or limited family benefits

Pakistan - No or limited family benefits

Palau - No or limited family benefits

Panama - No or limited family benefits

Papua New Guinea - No or limited family benefits

Paraguay - No or limited family benefits

The Philippines - No or limited family benefits

Rwanda - No or limited family benefits

Samoa - No or limited family benefits

Sao Tome and Principe - No or limited family benefits

Saudi Arabia - No or limited family benefits

Seychelles - No or limited family benefits

Sierra Leone - No or limited family benefits

Singapore - No or limited family benefits

Solomon Islands - No or limited family benefits

Somalia - No or limited family benefits

St. Kitts and Nevis - No or limited family benefits

St. Lucia - No or limited family benefits

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No or limited family benefits

Sudan - No or limited family benefits

Suriname - No or limited family benefits

Eswatini - No or limited family benefits

Syria - No or limited family benefits

Tanzania - No or limited family benefits

Tonga - No or limited family benefits

Türkiye - No or limited family benefits

Tuvalu - No or limited family benefits

Uganda - No or limited family benefits

Vanuatu - No or limited family benefits

Venezuela - No or limited family benefits

Vietnam - No or limited family benefits

Yemen - No or limited family benefits

Zambia - No or limited family benefits

Zimbabwe - No or limited family benefits

Brazil - Means-tested family benefits

China - Means-tested family benefits

Italy - Means-tested family benefits

Jamaica - Means-tested family benefits

Kazakhstan - Means-tested family benefits

Mexico - Means-tested family benefits

Nicaragua - Means-tested family benefits

Sri Lanka - Means-tested family benefits

Algeria - Family benefits are not means-tested

Armenia - Family benefits are not means-tested

Benin - Family benefits are not means-tested

Bolivia - Family benefits are not means-tested

Burkina Faso - Family benefits are not means-tested

Burundi - Family benefits are not means-tested

Cameroon - Family benefits are not means-tested

Central African Republic - Family benefits are not means-tested

Chad - Family benefits are not means-tested

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Family benefits are not means-tested

Republic of the Congo - Family benefits are not means-tested

Cote d'Ivoire - Family benefits are not means-tested

Equatorial Guinea - Family benefits are not means-tested

Gabon - Family benefits are not means-tested

Guinea - Family benefits are not means-tested

Iran - Family benefits are not means-tested

Japan - Family benefits are not means-tested

Lebanon - Family benefits are not means-tested

Madagascar - Family benefits are not means-tested

Mali - Family benefits are not means-tested

Mauritania - Family benefits are not means-tested

Morocco - Family benefits are not means-tested

Niger - Family benefits are not means-tested

Peru - Family benefits are not means-tested

Senegal - Family benefits are not means-tested

Thailand - Family benefits are not means-tested

Togo - Family benefits are not means-tested

Tunisia - Family benefits are not means-tested

Albania - Specific benefits for disabled children

Argentina - Specific benefits for disabled children

Australia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Austria - Specific benefits for disabled children

Azerbaijan - Specific benefits for disabled children

Belarus - Specific benefits for disabled children

Belgium - Specific benefits for disabled children

Bulgaria - Specific benefits for disabled children

Cabo Verde - Specific benefits for disabled children

Chile - Specific benefits for disabled children

Colombia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Costa Rica - Specific benefits for disabled children

Croatia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Czech Republic - Specific benefits for disabled children

Denmark - Specific benefits for disabled children

Dominican Republic - Specific benefits for disabled children

Estonia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Finland - Specific benefits for disabled children

France - Specific benefits for disabled children

Georgia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Germany - Specific benefits for disabled children

Greece - Specific benefits for disabled children

Hungary - Specific benefits for disabled children

Iceland - Specific benefits for disabled children

Ireland - Specific benefits for disabled children

Israel - Specific benefits for disabled children

Kyrgyzstan - Specific benefits for disabled children

Latvia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Liechtenstein - Specific benefits for disabled children

Lithuania - Specific benefits for disabled children

Luxembourg - Specific benefits for disabled children

North Macedonia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Malta - Specific benefits for disabled children

Mauritius - Specific benefits for disabled children

Moldova - Specific benefits for disabled children

Monaco - Specific benefits for disabled children

Montenegro - Specific benefits for disabled children

The Netherlands - Specific benefits for disabled children

New Zealand - Specific benefits for disabled children

Norway - Specific benefits for disabled children

Poland - Specific benefits for disabled children

Portugal - Specific benefits for disabled children

Romania - Specific benefits for disabled children

Russian Federation - Specific benefits for disabled children

Serbia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Slovakia - Specific benefits for disabled children

Slovenia - Specific benefits for disabled children

South Africa - Specific benefits for disabled children

Spain - Specific benefits for disabled children

Sweden - Specific benefits for disabled children

Switzerland - Specific benefits for disabled children

Trinidad and Tobago - Specific benefits for disabled children

Turkmenistan - Specific benefits for disabled children

Ukraine - Specific benefits for disabled children

United Kingdom - Specific benefits for disabled children

United States of America - Specific benefits for disabled children

Uruguay - Specific benefits for disabled children

Uzbekistan - Specific benefits for disabled children