Table 1.

Estimated social assistance (SP) expenditures in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (based on [6]; GDP data from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD and https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL).

region	total GDP (US$1012)	% GDP on SP	amount on SP (US$109)
E. Asia and Pacific	14.7	1.1	162.0
Europe and C. Asia	3.3	2.2	72.6
L. America and Caribbean	5.9	1.5	89.6
Middle East and N. Africa	3.3	1.0	32.8
S. Asia	3.3	0.9	29.6
Sub-Saharan Africa	1.7	1.5	25.1
total LMICs	32.2	1.5	483.6