Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - 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
What the numbers show
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 101.5% in Thailand; the lowest is 19.0% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.0%, and the mean is 48.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 127.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 47.1%).
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 101.5% | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 100.5% | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 3 | Romania | 95.4% | 2021 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 77.0% | 2019 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 62.8% | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 61.4% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 7 | Moldova | 59.1% | 2018 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 8 | Türkiye | 57.7% | 2019 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 55.2% | 2021 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 52.0% | 2020 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 51.8% | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 51.4% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 51.3% | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 51.0% | 2022 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 49.5% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 16 | Honduras | 47.1% | 2019 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.0% | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 41.8% | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 19 | Armenia | 40.4% | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 39.8% | 2018 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 39.8% | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 36.8% | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia | 36.7% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 36.1% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 35.4% | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 34.6% | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 27 | Paraguay | 34.3% | 2022 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 30.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 29 | Mexico | 28.5% | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 30 | Kosovo | 28.4% | 2017 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 26.1% | 2022 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 32 | Côte d’Ivoire | 25.9% | 2021 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 19.0% | 2022 | down 47.1% | 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