Incheon Strategy goal 4: Strengthen social protection

Indicator 4.1 Health services

4.1.1 Health care and rehabilitation programmes

The following countries mentioned the availability of health care and/or rehabilitation programmes in their most recent State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • China
  • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Republic of Korea
  • Russian Federation
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Türkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
  • Viet Nam
Notes:

The number of countries mentioned should not be considered as representing an exhaustive list.

Data source:
  • ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).
  • For more information, please see WHO, Brief Model Disability Survey: 2019 Results for India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan (Geneva, 2021) and WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Rehabilitation and Disability in the Western Pacific (Manila, 2017).
4.1.2 Health insurance coverage
Country Percentage of persons covered by any health insurance (%)
Children aged 2-4 years Children aged 5-17 years Women aged 18-49 years Men aged 18-49 years
Persons with functional difficulties Persons without functional difficulties Persons with functional difficulties Persons without functional difficulties Persons with functional difficulties Persons without functional difficulties Persons with functional difficulties Persons without functional difficulties
Georgia - - 93.9 96.6 93.8 94.6 92.0 93.4
Kyrgyzstan - - - - 89.7 92.4 - -
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 8.8 13.9 - - - - - -
Nepal 3.2 4.1 5.1 4.3 8.7 5.8 3.5 5.3
Samoa 0.9 0.8 2.0 1.0 2.3 1.7 - -
Tonga 73.4 86.4 73.7 80.7 87.4 83.1 (**) 77.6
Turkmenistan 33.9* 37.5 58.0 37.0 29.6 33.9 - -
Viet Nam 91.9* 98.0 94.4 96.3 - - - -
Notes:

* The figure is based on 25–49 unweighted cases and should be interpreted with caution.
** The result is not shown because it is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases.

Data source:

UNICEF, “Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys”, database. Available at: https://mics.unicef.org/ (accessed on 21April 2022): Georgia, 2018; Kyrgyzstan, 2018; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2017; Nepal, 2019; Samoa, 2019–20; Tonga, 2019; Turkmenistan, 2019; Viet Nam, 2020–21.

Indicator 4.2 Social protection SDG 1.a.2 SDG 1.3.1

4.2.1 Coverage of disability social protection benefits
Country and territory Percentage of persons with severe disabilities collecting disability social protection benefits (%)
Afghanistan 13.6
Armenia 100.0
Australia 100.0
Azerbaijan 100.0
Bangladesh 18.3
Brunei Darussalam 100.0
Cambodia 70.1
China 32.6
Fiji 20.1
French Polynesia 100.0
Georgia 100.0
Hong Kong, China 68.6
India 5.6
Indonesia 2.5
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.3
Japan 56.1
Kazakhstan 100.0
Kyrgyzstan 76.0
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.3
Macao, China 100.0
Malaysia 30.5
Maldives 42.7
Mongolia 100.0
Myanmar 10.6
Nauru 84.6
Nepal 13.7
New Zealand 82.0
Pakistan 1.7
Philippines 3.3
Republic of Korea 24.8
Russian Federation 100.0
Singapore 57.7
Sri Lanka 18.0
Tajikistan 49.0
Thailand 92.0
Timor-Leste 21.6
Tonga 20.2
Türkiye 5.6
Uzbekistan 39.7
Viet Nam 83.5
Data source:

ILO, “Statistics on social protection, SDG indicator 1.3.1 - Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems”, database. Available at https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/social-protection/ (accessed on 3 April 2022): All data refer to the year 2020, except for French Polynesia (2016), Kyrgyzstan (2019) and New Zealand (2019).

4.2.2 Social protection expenditure
Country Total social protection expenditure, 2015 ($ million) Social protection expenditure on disability programmes, 2015 ($ million) Social protection expenditure as a share of aggregate GDP, 2015 (%)
Total social protection expenditure Disability programmes
Armenia 769.4 0.2 7.3 (*)
Azerbaijan 4,036.0 81.0 7.6 0.2
Bangladesh 2,394.2 34.1 1.2 (*)
China 835,909.5 5,538.7 7.7 0.1
Georgia 953.6 73.8 6.8 0.5
Indonesia 18,432.8 8.7 2.1 (*)
Japan 870,982.6 17,425.6 21.1 0.4
Kyrgyzstan 674.8 0.6 10.3 (*)
Malaysia 12,483.6 61.6 4.2 (*)
Maldives 190.7 10.0 5.6 0.3
Mongolia 1,036.0 4.8 8.8 (*)
Nauru 4.2 0.7 4.5 0.7
Nepal 547.9 3.4 2.6 (*)
Republic of Korea 115,454.1 512.7 8.4 (*)
Singapore 15,494.1 19.7 5.3 (*)
Solomon Islands 26.2 0.1 2.5 (*)
Sri Lanka 2,658.9 7.8 3.2 (*)
Tajikistan 316.5 3.0 4.0 (*)
Thailand 16,084.7 376.1 4.1 0.1
Timor-Leste 194.9 2.6 13.8 0.2
Uzbekistan 6,929.1 (*) 9.8 0.4
Viet Nam 12,156.9 187.0 6.3 0.1
Notes:

* Negligible value.

Data source:

ADB, The Social Protection Indicator for Asia: Assessing Progress (Manila, 2019) and ADB, The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific: Assessing Progress (Manila, 2019): ADB estimates based on Social Protection Indicator country reports, 2017.

Indicator 4.3 Independent living in the community

The following countries mentioned the availability of programmes that enable persons with disabilities to live independently in the community in their most recent State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • China
  • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Republic of Korea
  • Russian Federation
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Türkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
  • Viet Nam
Notes:

The number of countries mentioned should not be considered as representing an exhaustive list.

Data source:

ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).