Adequacy of benefits (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural 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 (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 107.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 15.1% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.5%, and the mean is 47.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 161.7%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 38.7%).
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Contributory Pensions -rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 107.0% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 82.3% | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 77.5% | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 71.8% | 2019 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 5 | Uruguay | 53.5% | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 51.9% | 2020 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 51.8% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 51.3% | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Moldova | 50.9% | 2018 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 49.2% | 2021 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Colombia | 49.1% | 2022 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 49.1% | 2022 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 13 | Bolivia | 45.9% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 44.7% | 2013 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 15 | Ukraine | 43.5% | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 43.3% | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 42.2% | 2019 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.7% | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2018 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 37.9% | 2022 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 36.6% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 22 | Vietnam | 35.7% | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 34.1% | 2021 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Panama | 33.7% | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 33.1% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 32.8% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 32.7% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 28.2% | 2022 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 15.1% | 2022 | down 38.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 29.2%
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