Adequacy of benefits in 4th 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 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 78.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 20.4% in Côte d’Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.6%, and the mean is 40.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 120.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 40.4%).
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 78.4% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 74.6% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 62.9% | 2019 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 4 | Romania | 55.8% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 51.3% | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 51.3% | 2021 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 47.7% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 45.0% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 9 | Belarus | 44.3% | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 44.2% | 2022 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 43.5% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 43.3% | 2020 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 42.2% | 2022 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 41.4% | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 41.0% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 16 | Argentina | 39.9% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 39.6% | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 18 | Honduras | 37.7% | 2019 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 37.4% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 20 | Moldova | 36.7% | 2018 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 35.8% | 2018 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.0% | 2020 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 34.4% | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 33.9% | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 25 | Panama | 33.6% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 31.7% | 2020 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 27 | Armenia | 31.0% | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 30.1% | 2020 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 25.5% | 2022 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 30 | Chile | 25.4% | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 31 | Kosovo | 23.7% | 2017 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 31 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 23.7% | 2017 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 20.8% | 2022 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 34 | Côte d’Ivoire | 20.4% | 2021 | down 17.4% | volatile |
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