Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - 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
119.2%
Poland
Lowest
20.6%
El Salvador
Median
45.8%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 119.2% in Poland; the lowest is 20.6% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.8%, and the mean is 50.1%.

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 97.7%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 51.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 119.2% 2019 up 33.2% rising
2 Romania 103.3% 2021 up 37.6% rising
3 Thailand 96.5% 2021 down 4.5% rising
4 Belarus 82.3% 2019 up 22.6% rising
5 Serbia 70.3% 2022 up 31.2% rising
6 Republic of Moldova 63.6% 2018 up 37.8% rising
7 Türkiye 63.0% 2019 up 27.7% rising
8 South Africa 62.4% 2021 down 9.8% rising
9 Ukraine 59.2% 2020 down 0.4% falling
10 Kazakhstan 56.9% 2021 up 97.7% rising
11 Colombia 54.2% 2022 up 19.8% rising
12 Sri Lanka 52.4% 2019 up 20.8% rising
13 Brazil 50.6% 2022 down 16.6% falling
14 Kyrgyzstan 48.9% 2020 up 33.1% rising
15 Uruguay 48.3% 2022 up 20.0% rising
16 Armenia 47.3% 2022 down 0.3% rising
17 Honduras 47.0% 2019 up 90.2% rising
18 Mongolia 44.5% 2020 up 37.3% rising
19 Viet Nam 42.7% 2020 up 7.2% rising
20 Ecuador 40.6% 2022 down 2.5% falling
21 Kosovo 37.9% 2017 up 55.0% rising
21 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 37.9% 2017 up 55.0% rising
23 Argentina 37.8% 2022 down 47.2% falling
24 Chile 36.3% 2022 up 3.0% falling
25 Costa Rica 36.2% 2022 up 3.4% flat
26 Pakistan 34.6% 2018 up 43.0% rising
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 34.4% 2021 down 27.5% falling
28 Paraguay 32.4% 2022 up 32.2% falling
29 Panama 31.5% 2023 down 9.2% falling
30 Dominican Republic 29.9% 2021 down 12.0% flat
31 Mexico 28.9% 2022 down 16.4% falling
32 Peru 27.7% 2022 up 4.8% falling
33 Côte d'Ivoire 23.3% 2021 down 51.3% volatile
34 El Salvador 20.6% 2022 down 42.9% falling

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