Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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
101.8%
Thailand
Lowest
23.3%
El Salvador
Median
48.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 101.8% in Thailand; the lowest is 23.3% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.3%, and the mean is 52.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 47.7%).

Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 101.8% 2021 up 7.8% rising
2 Poland 96.4% 2019 up 17.5% flat
3 Romania 95.5% 2021 up 21.7% rising
4 Belarus 79.0% 2019 up 27.0% rising
5 South Africa 75.1% 2021 down 17.8% falling
6 Serbia 70.3% 2022 up 11.3% rising
7 Türkiye 67.6% 2019 up 25.4% flat
8 Colombia 63.9% 2022 up 25.1% rising
9 Brazil 60.2% 2022 down 14.2% falling
10 Uruguay 57.8% 2022 up 16.6% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 57.7% 2018 up 28.3% rising
12 Kazakhstan 55.3% 2021 up 123.5% rising
13 Mongolia 55.2% 2020 up 58.0% rising
14 Viet Nam 53.9% 2020 down 1.9% falling
15 Sri Lanka 51.3% 2019 up 3.3% falling
16 Ukraine 51.2% 2020 down 10.0% falling
17 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 49.6% 2021 down 14.8% falling
18 Kyrgyzstan 47.0% 2020 up 19.6% rising
19 Armenia 46.9% 2022 up 15.3% rising
20 Pakistan 45.5% 2018 up 45.6% rising
21 Argentina 44.7% 2022 down 21.8% falling
22 Costa Rica 44.2% 2022 up 12.6% rising
23 Panama 43.2% 2023 up 5.0% falling
24 Ecuador 43.0% 2022 down 20.5% falling
25 Honduras 40.7% 2019 up 36.1% flat
26 Paraguay 38.6% 2022 down 13.6% falling
27 Côte d'Ivoire 36.5% 2021 down 33.3% volatile
28 Dominican Republic 36.0% 2021 down 1.9% flat
29 Mexico 35.8% 2022 down 32.2% falling
30 Peru 33.4% 2022 down 7.6% falling
31 Chile 32.9% 2022 down 19.8% falling
32 Kosovo 32.8% 2017 up 91.1% rising
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 32.8% 2017 up 91.1% rising
34 El Salvador 23.3% 2022 down 47.7% falling

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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