Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group

Countries reporting
34
Highest
184.7%
Thailand
Lowest
27.6%
El Salvador
Median
71.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 184.7% in Thailand; the lowest is 27.6% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 71.0%, and the mean is 76.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 164.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 68.3%).

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 184.7% 2021 down 19.4% rising
2 Poland 156.6% 2019 up 23.1% rising
3 Romania 145.1% 2021 up 23.4% rising
4 Belarus 116.3% 2019 up 12.4% rising
5 Serbia 113.5% 2022 up 10.5% rising
6 Côte d'Ivoire 103.6% 2021 up 4.0% rising
7 Türkiye 100.8% 2019 up 34.9% rising
8 Ukraine 93.0% 2020 down 0.9% falling
9 Sri Lanka 89.9% 2019 up 16.5% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 88.5% 2018 up 16.7% rising
11 Colombia 84.4% 2022 up 24.2% rising
12 Kazakhstan 82.8% 2021 up 164.5% volatile
13 Viet Nam 78.7% 2020 down 4.6% falling
14 Kyrgyzstan 76.6% 2020 up 28.6% rising
15 Mongolia 74.9% 2020 up 47.6% rising
16 South Africa 73.7% 2021 down 65.3% volatile
17 Armenia 71.3% 2022 down 5.4% rising
18 Pakistan 70.8% 2018 up 40.1% rising
19 Brazil 62.8% 2022 down 14.6% falling
20 Uruguay 60.1% 2022 up 5.8% rising
21 Ecuador 56.2% 2022 down 4.1% falling
22 Chile 55.3% 2022 up 7.4% falling
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 55.1% 2017 up 39.1% rising
23 Kosovo 55.1% 2017 up 39.1% rising
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 54.3% 2021 down 18.2% falling
26 Costa Rica 51.9% 2022 up 21.3% flat
27 Paraguay 47.1% 2022 down 14.2% falling
28 Argentina 47.1% 2022 down 66.7% falling
29 Panama 44.3% 2023 up 4.1% falling
30 Dominican Republic 43.9% 2021 down 11.1% falling
31 Peru 43.0% 2022 down 4.6% falling
32 Mexico 41.0% 2022 down 68.3% falling
33 Honduras 36.3% 2019 down 6.7% volatile
34 El Salvador 27.6% 2022 down 43.9% falling

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group