Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - 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 extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 245.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 22.1% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 102.7%, and the mean is 106.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 216.2%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 78.4%).
Adequacy of benefits in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 245.4% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 2 | Ecuador | 193.6% | 2022 | up 216.2% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 184.9% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 4 | Turkey | 178.3% | 2019 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 175.1% | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 170.9% | 2020 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 7 | Serbia | 161.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 160.0% | 2021 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 149.5% | 2021 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Belarus | 149.0% | 2019 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 146.9% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 141.4% | 2022 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Moldova | 122.1% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Kosovo | 111.7% | 2017 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 111.7% | 2017 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 110.8% | 2020 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 107.8% | 2020 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 97.6% | 2020 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 94.6% | 2018 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 86.1% | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 80.3% | 2022 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 73.7% | 2021 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 70.9% | 2021 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 24 | Paraguay | 61.7% | 2020 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 59.9% | 2022 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Brazil | 59.7% | 2022 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 56.8% | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 28 | Argentina | 54.7% | 2022 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 50.3% | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 30 | Panama | 43.9% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Mexico | 40.4% | 2022 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 32 | El Salvador | 30.7% | 2022 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia | 22.3% | 2020 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Honduras | 22.1% | 2019 | down 49.4% | 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