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

Countries reporting
33
Highest
82.7%
Thailand
Lowest
21.0%
El Salvador
Median
43.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
342

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 342 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