Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions 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
142.0%
Thailand
Lowest
11.1%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
47.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
345

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 142.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 11.1% in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.8%, and the mean is 54.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 120.8%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 85.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 142.0% 2021 up 63.0% rising
2 Romania 100.1% 2021 up 48.9% rising
3 Poland 97.8% 2019 up 24.3% rising
4 Belarus 83.7% 2019 up 5.3% rising
5 Serbia 82.3% 2022 up 33.5% rising
6 Ukraine 65.8% 2020 down 4.2% falling
7 Sri Lanka 65.0% 2019 up 26.4% rising
8 Moldova 63.6% 2018 up 6.6% rising
9 Colombia 63.0% 2022 down 14.5% rising
10 Ecuador 62.9% 2022 up 14.9% rising
11 Turkey 62.5% 2019 up 4.0% falling
12 Brazil 62.3% 2022 down 10.5% falling
13 Paraguay 55.6% 2022 up 95.5% falling
14 Kyrgyzstan 55.1% 2020 up 24.1% rising
15 Armenia 53.0% 2022 down 3.3% rising
16 Kazakhstan 52.3% 2021 up 120.8% rising
17 Vietnam 47.9% 2020 up 13.0% flat
18 Bolivia 47.7% 2021 down 25.0% falling
19 Costa Rica 47.5% 2022 up 17.9% flat
20 Mongolia 47.2% 2020 up 19.1% rising
21 Chile 46.3% 2022 up 6.7% falling
22 Uruguay 46.3% 2022 up 14.8% rising
23 Kosovo 41.6% 2017 up 10.5% flat
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 41.6% 2017 up 10.5% flat
25 Pakistan 39.8% 2018 up 65.5% rising
26 Dominican Republic 39.7% 2021 down 16.9% falling
27 South Africa 39.7% 2021 down 63.5% volatile
28 Argentina 37.4% 2022 down 66.6% falling
29 Panama 36.2% 2023 up 9.0% falling
30 Peru 34.9% 2022 down 13.7% flat
31 Mexico 30.6% 2022 down 30.9% falling
32 El Salvador 27.5% 2022 down 32.2% falling
33 Honduras 22.1% 2019 down 18.1% falling
34 Cote d'Ivoire 11.1% 2021 down 85.7% volatile

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 345 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