Adequacy of benefits in 3rd 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
What the numbers show
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 82.7% in Thailand; the lowest is 21.0% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.0%, and the mean is 46.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 133.2%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 45.5%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 82.7% | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 78.0% | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 77.9% | 2019 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 4 | South Africa | 70.9% | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 59.3% | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 54.5% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 54.5% | 2021 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 54.0% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 53.8% | 2022 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 53.3% | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 11 | Serbia | 52.6% | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 49.5% | 2020 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 49.1% | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 47.4% | 2018 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 46.0% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.0% | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 43.0% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 41.8% | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 41.4% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 41.0% | 2018 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.5% | 2020 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 22 | Paraguay | 38.9% | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 23 | Ukraine | 38.4% | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 24 | Panama | 36.8% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 36.6% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 36.1% | 2020 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 27 | Mexico | 33.7% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.6% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 30.9% | 2022 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 30 | Ecuador | 29.7% | 2022 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 28.1% | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 32 | Kosovo | 26.3% | 2017 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 21.0% | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
About this data
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group