Social Security InquiryReliable social security statistics are an important precondition for good governance and policy making. However, in many countries, the quantitative knowledge base on social security is incomplete and often does not follow international statistical standards. The overarching objective of the ILO Social Security Inquiry is to assist countries in improving their quantitative knowledge base on social security.The ILO Social Security Inquiry identifies statistical information on social security, including employment-related social security schemes, public health, welfare and anti-poverty programmes and non-public schemes of different types transferring goods, services or cash to poor and vulnerable households. Responding to the lack of social security statistics outside the OECD world, the primary purpose of the Inquiry is not just to collect data but also :
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The list of countries currently present in the ILO social security inquiry is presented below. Some of them show a partial view of social protection schemes in the country which makes difficult the calculation of indicators at the macro level.
- Links to country schemes and indicators will be made available progressively. A selection of indicators are already available in the list of countries below.
- Detailed data by scheme are available only in restricted access (accessible through [*]).
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