Welfare trap

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Welfare trap

Quality:

Welfare trap - theory asserts that taxation and welfare systems can jointly contribute to keep people on social insurance. Article “Welfare trap” in English Wikipedia has 37 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 24 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.95 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Welfare trap” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Welfare trap”, its content was written by 107 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 221 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 132 times in English Wikipedia and cited 189 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #13931 in February 2004
  • Global: #32262 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #231139 in November 2025
  • Global: #292993 in April 2008

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Welfare trap
37.0172
2Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
21.7226
3Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
21.6415
4Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
18.0156
5Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
17.8909
6French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
13.5358
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Welfare trap" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Welfare trap
351 742
2French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
96 701
3Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
73 013
4Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
63 562
5Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
18 234
6Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
794
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Welfare trap" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Welfare trap
1 226
2French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
100
3Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
85
4Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
40
5Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
19
6Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Welfare trap" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Welfare trap
107
2French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
34
3Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
30
4Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
29
5Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
18
6Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Welfare trap" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Welfare trap
2
2Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
0
3French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
0
4Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
0
5Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
0
6Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Welfare trap" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Welfare trap
132
2French (fr)
Trappe à inactivité
18
3Finnish (fi)
Kannustinloukku
14
4Hebrew (he)
מלכודת הרווחה
12
5Dutch (nl)
Armoedeval
12
6Swedish (sv)
Välfärdsfällan
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Welfare trap
fiFinnish
Kannustinloukku
frFrench
Trappe à inactivité
heHebrew
מלכודת הרווחה
nlDutch
Armoedeval
svSwedish
Välfärdsfällan

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#231139
11.2025
Global:
#292993
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#13931
02.2004
Global:
#32262
02.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Welfare trap from Wikipedia articles about 2025 United States federal government shutdown, Negative income tax, Perverse incentive, Universal basic income and Cycle of poverty. Whereas reading the article about Welfare trap people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Cycle of poverty, Means test, Perverse incentive, Catch-22 and Criticism of welfare.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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