CPIA social protection rating in South Asia
South Asia: CPIA social protection rating was 3.3 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA social protection rating in South Asia, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
In 2025, cpia social protection rating in South Asia stood at 3.3 1=low to 6=high.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia social protection rating in South Asia peaked at 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3.1 1=low to 6=high, in 2019.
South Asia ranks 8th of 42 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA social protection rating in South Asia, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.25 1=low to 6=high | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 3.25 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.25 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.1 1=low to 6=high | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 3.12 1=low to 6=high | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 3.38 1=low to 6=high | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.43 1=low to 6=high | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.34 1=low to 6=high | 3.1 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.28 1=low to 6=high | 3.12 1=low to 6=high | 3.38 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
- 10 Bangladesh 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Benin 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Djibouti 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Ethiopia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Fiji 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Ghana 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Honduras 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 India 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Kenya 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Kiribati 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Kosovo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Lesotho 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Malawi 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Mauritania 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Mongolia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Nicaragua 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Pakistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Samoa 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Senegal 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Sierra Leone 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Saint Lucia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Togo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Viet Nam 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Zambia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 10 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for South Asia
- Arms imports 1.26 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.7506 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -19.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.26 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 54.8 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0211 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 91.92 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 467.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia social protection rating in South Asia?
- Cpia social protection rating in South Asia was 3.3 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia social protection rating recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2006.
- What is the lowest cpia social protection rating recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1 1=low to 6=high in 2019.
- How does South Asia rank for cpia social protection rating?
- South Asia ranks 8th out of 42 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cpia social protection rating rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Asia data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Social Protection criterion assesses government policies in social protection and labor market regulations that reduce the risk of becoming poor, assist those who are poor to better manage further risks, and ensure a minimal level of welfare to all people. Specifically it evaluates social protection (SP) and labor policies, namely those engaged in risk prevention by supporting savings and risk pooling through social insurance, protection against destitution through redistributive safety net programs and promotion of human capital development and income generation, including labor market programs. It also assesses the functioning of an SP system, including its effectiveness in a crisis and in providing arrangements and incentives to help beneficiaries to move from protection to promotion and prevention, including through interactions with private, informal means of SP. The criterion covers: (a) the overall SP system; (b) social safety net programs; (c) labor markets programs and policies, namely those aiming to promote employment creation and productivity growth while protecting core labor standards and ensuring adequate working conditions; (d) local service delivery and civil society participation in community development programs; and (e) pension and old age savings programs.