Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban 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
164.3%
Thailand
Lowest
27.3%
Honduras
Median
48.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 164.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 27.3% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.9%, and the mean is 56.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 110.8%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 66.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 164.3% 2021 up 97.6% rising
2 Poland 120.1% 2019 up 42.6% rising
3 Romania 107.8% 2021 up 43.5% rising
4 Serbia 88.8% 2022 up 44.2% rising
5 Belarus 80.6% 2019 up 18.6% rising
6 South Africa 69.6% 2021 up 74.0% volatile
7 Ukraine 66.6% 2020 down 8.2% falling
8 Moldova 62.5% 2018 up 12.7% flat
9 Turkey 62.5% 2019 up 13.6% falling
10 Colombia 62.5% 2022 down 5.2% rising
11 Brazil 60.4% 2022 down 12.2% falling
12 Kazakhstan 59.4% 2021 up 110.8% rising
13 Armenia 57.9% 2022 up 7.5% rising
14 Sri Lanka 57.5% 2019 up 23.3% rising
15 Kyrgyzstan 53.7% 2020 up 25.1% rising
16 Vietnam 53.4% 2020 up 12.1% falling
17 Cote d'Ivoire 51.9% 2021 down 18.1% rising
18 Bolivia 45.9% 2021 down 10.5% falling
19 Costa Rica 45.4% 2022 up 27.5% flat
20 Mongolia 45.4% 2020 up 19.4% rising
21 Uruguay 45.0% 2022 up 14.4% rising
22 Chile 44.2% 2022 up 3.8% falling
23 Kosovo 43.0% 2017 up 3.8% flat
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 43.0% 2017 up 3.8% flat
25 Dominican Republic 39.1% 2021 down 13.2% falling
26 Argentina 37.4% 2022 down 66.6% falling
27 Panama 37.1% 2023 up 9.1% falling
28 Ecuador 35.7% 2022 down 35.9% falling
29 Paraguay 33.4% 2022 down 23.0% falling
30 Pakistan 33.0% 2018 up 39.9% rising
31 Mexico 31.8% 2022 down 28.2% falling
32 Peru 31.0% 2022 down 7.8% falling
33 El Salvador 30.0% 2022 down 24.9% falling
34 Honduras 27.3% 2019 down 26.7% falling

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban
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