Former US President Donald Trump has shared a chart detailing the percentage of immigrant households from various countries receiving public assistance in the United States.
The data indicates that about 33.3 per cent of Nigerian immigrant households reportedly benefit from some form of welfare support in the US.
Trump posted the chart on his Truth Social platform on January 4, 2026, amid renewed Republican debates around immigration, welfare dependency, and immigrants’ economic contributions to the United States.
Titled “Immigrant Welfare Recipient Rates by Country of Origin,” the chart covers approximately 114 countries and territories. It outlines the proportion of immigrant households accessing public assistance programmes such as food aid, healthcare benefits, and other forms of government support.
According to the data, the top 10 countries with the highest welfare recipient rates are Bhutan (81.4%), Yemen (75.2%), Somalia (71.9%), Marshall Islands (71.4%), Dominican Republic (68.1%), Afghanistan (68.1%), Congo (66.0%), Guinea (65.8%), Samoa (1940–1950) (63.4%), and Cape Verde (63.1%).
On the other end of the spectrum, the countries with the lowest reported rates of immigrant households receiving assistance include Bermuda (25.5%), Saudi Arabia (25.7%), Israel/Palestine (25.9%), Argentina (26.2%), South America (unspecified) (26.7%), Korea (27.2%), Zambia (28.0%), Portugal (28.2%), Kenya (28.5%), and Kuwait (29.3%).
The release of the chart comes as the Trump administration continues to expand travel bans and tighten immigration restrictions, reinforcing its stance on limiting access to the United States based on economic and security considerations.
