Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural 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
30
Highest
580.0%
Colombia
Lowest
18.3%
Peru
Median
56.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
273

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 580.0% in Colombia; the lowest is 18.3% in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.0%, and the mean is 75.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 2,162.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 64.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 580.0% 2021 up 2,162.5% volatile
2 Romania 106.1% 2021 up 53.1% rising
3 Thailand 102.3% 2021 up 34.5% volatile
4 South Africa 100.0% 2021 down 23.4% volatile
5 Poland 89.5% 2019 up 16.1% rising
6 Serbia 81.9% 2022 up 27.2% rising
7 Belarus 81.1% 2019 down 12.7% falling
8 Sri Lanka 71.3% 2019 up 33.0% rising
9 Brazil 71.2% 2022 down 0.5% rising
10 Uruguay 68.5% 2022 up 13.8% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 67.5% 2018 up 14.0% rising
12 Ecuador 64.0% 2022 up 54.8% rising
13 Ukraine 61.6% 2020 down 5.9% falling
14 Türkiye 56.6% 2013 down 17.0% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 56.5% 2020 up 16.7% rising
16 Chile 55.5% 2022 up 23.4% falling
17 Costa Rica 53.5% 2022 up 11.3% rising
18 Mongolia 50.5% 2020 up 22.0% rising
19 Kazakhstan 48.2% 2021 up 118.0% volatile
20 Armenia 46.5% 2022 down 17.4% rising
21 Pakistan 43.8% 2018 up 84.2% rising
22 Kosovo 41.7% 2017 up 22.5% rising
22 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 41.7% 2017 up 22.5% rising
24 Dominican Republic 41.2% 2019 up 36.0% falling
25 Viet Nam 40.0% 2020 down 6.2% rising
26 Panama 31.4% 2023 down 3.3% falling
27 El Salvador 28.1% 2022 down 5.6% falling
28 Mexico 28.1% 2022 down 30.0% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 26.2% 2021 down 18.7% volatile
30 Peru 18.3% 2022 down 64.1% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 273 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