WORLD Policy Analysis Center

How much financial assistance is available per month to low-income families with two preschool-age children?

This map tells us how much family benefits countries provide per month to create an income safety net for low-income families with two preschool-age children.

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.

In order to provide a concrete and comparable image of the financial support offered to families across countries, we calculated benefit levels for sample families with a specified number of children of a specified age. For families with preschool-age children, the calculation was made based on a family with two 4-year-old children.

When benefits differed according to income level, the lowest income bracket was used as we were particularly interested in financial support available to families with the greatest need.

Benefits are adjusted for differences in buying power across countries. To determine purchasing power parity (PPP), economists estimate the amount of money required to purchase the same bundle of goods and services across countries rather than using a simple exchange rate to compare currencies.

Countries

Afghanistan - No known family benefits

Andorra - No known family benefits

Antigua and Barbuda - No known family benefits

Australia - No known family benefits

Bahamas - No known family benefits

Bahrain - No known family benefits

Bangladesh - No known family benefits

Barbados - No known family benefits

Belize - No known family benefits

Bhutan - No known family benefits

Botswana - No known family benefits

Brunei - No known family benefits

Cambodia - No known family benefits

Canada - No known family benefits

Comoros - No known family benefits

Cuba - No known family benefits

Dominica - No known family benefits

Dominican Republic - No known family benefits

Ecuador - No known family benefits

Egypt - No known family benefits

El Salvador - No known family benefits

Eritrea - No known family benefits

Ethiopia - No known family benefits

Fiji - No known family benefits

The Gambia - No known family benefits

Ghana - No known family benefits

Grenada - No known family benefits

Guatemala - No known family benefits

Guyana - No known family benefits

Haiti - No known family benefits

Honduras - No known family benefits

Iceland - No known family benefits

India - No known family benefits

Indonesia - No known family benefits

Iraq - No known family benefits

Jordan - No known family benefits

Kenya - No known family benefits

Kiribati - No known family benefits

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

Republic of Korea - No known family benefits

Kuwait - No known family benefits

Kyrgyzstan - No known family benefits

Laos - No known family benefits

Lesotho - No known family benefits

Liberia - No known family benefits

Malawi - No known family benefits

Malaysia - No known family benefits

Maldives - No known family benefits

Marshall Islands - No known family benefits

Micronesia, Federated States of - No known family benefits

Myanmar - No known family benefits

Namibia - No known family benefits

Nepal - No known family benefits

New Zealand - No known family benefits

Nigeria - No known family benefits

Oman - No known family benefits

Pakistan - No known family benefits

Palau - No known family benefits

Panama - No known family benefits

Papua New Guinea - No known family benefits

Paraguay - No known family benefits

The Philippines - No known family benefits

Rwanda - No known family benefits

Samoa - No known family benefits

Sao Tome and Principe - No known family benefits

Saudi Arabia - No known family benefits

Seychelles - No known family benefits

Sierra Leone - No known family benefits

Singapore - No known family benefits

Solomon Islands - No known family benefits

Somalia - No known family benefits

St. Kitts and Nevis - No known family benefits

St. Lucia - No known family benefits

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No known family benefits

Sudan - No known family benefits

Suriname - No known family benefits

Eswatini - No known family benefits

Syria - No known family benefits

Tanzania - No known family benefits

Tonga - No known family benefits

Trinidad and Tobago - No known family benefits

Türkiye - No known family benefits

Turkmenistan - No known family benefits

Tuvalu - No known family benefits

Uganda - No known family benefits

United Arab Emirates - No known family benefits

United States of America - No known family benefits

Vanuatu - No known family benefits

Venezuela - No known family benefits

Vietnam - No known family benefits

Yemen - No known family benefits

Zambia - No known family benefits

Zimbabwe - No known family benefits

Angola - Less than $20 PPP

Benin - Less than $20 PPP

Burkina Faso - Less than $20 PPP

Cameroon - Less than $20 PPP

Cabo Verde - Less than $20 PPP

Central African Republic - Less than $20 PPP

Chad - Less than $20 PPP

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Less than $20 PPP

Republic of the Congo - Less than $20 PPP

Cote d'Ivoire - Less than $20 PPP

Guinea - Less than $20 PPP

Madagascar - Less than $20 PPP

Mali - Less than $20 PPP

Mauritania - Less than $20 PPP

Niger - Less than $20 PPP

Senegal - Less than $20 PPP

Togo - Less than $20 PPP

Tunisia - Less than $20 PPP

Algeria - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Brazil - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Chile - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Gabon - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Georgia - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Greece - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Jamaica - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Latvia - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Lithuania - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Mauritius - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Mexico - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Moldova - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Peru - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Thailand - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Uruguay - $20 - $59.99 PPP

Bulgaria - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Croatia - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Cyprus - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Czech Republic - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Estonia - $60 - $149.99 PPP

France - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Israel - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Lebanon - $60 - $149.99 PPP

North Macedonia - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Montenegro - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Morocco - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Poland - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Portugal - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Romania - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Serbia - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Slovakia - $60 - $149.99 PPP

South Africa - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Spain - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Uzbekistan - $60 - $149.99 PPP

Armenia - $150 PPP or more

Austria - $150 PPP or more

Azerbaijan - $150 PPP or more

Belarus - $150 PPP or more

Belgium - $150 PPP or more

Costa Rica - $150 PPP or more

Denmark - $150 PPP or more

Finland - $150 PPP or more

Germany - $150 PPP or more

Hungary - $150 PPP or more

Iran - $150 PPP or more

Ireland - $150 PPP or more

Japan - $150 PPP or more

Luxembourg - $150 PPP or more

Malta - $150 PPP or more

The Netherlands - $150 PPP or more

Norway - $150 PPP or more

Slovenia - $150 PPP or more

Sweden - $150 PPP or more

Switzerland - $150 PPP or more

Ukraine - $150 PPP or more

United Kingdom - $150 PPP or more