Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory

Costa Rica
30.8%
in 2022
Uruguay
23.4%
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
18th
Uruguay rank
21st

Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
010203040200820152022

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 30.8% against 23.4% in Uruguay, a difference of 7.4%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 18th and Uruguay ranks 21st of 37 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 24.9% 23.1% 1.8% Costa Rica
2010s 32.2% 23.0% 9.3% Costa Rica
2020s 31.6% 23.8% 7.8% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - contributory, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Costa Rica, at 30.8% against 23.4% in Uruguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - contributory between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
7.4%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - contributory?
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Uruguay ranks 21st of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/beneficiary-incidence-in-5th-quintile-richest-percent-contributory-pensions/costa-rica/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/beneficiary-incidence-in-5th-quintile-richest-percent-contributory-pensions/costa-rica/uruguay/">Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
37 places, 369 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population