Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country

Average transfer amount of Contributory Pensions programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)

Countries reporting
34
Highest
32.57 preT
Thailand
Lowest
0.9073 preT
Honduras
Median
3.79 preT
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 32.57 preT in Thailand; the lowest is 0.9073 preT in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.79 preT, and the mean is 6.26 preT.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 311.6%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 83.5%).

Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 32.57 preT 2021 down 5.4% rising
2 Poland 19.86 preT 2019 up 51.9% rising
3 Romania 15.91 preT 2021 up 93.1% rising
4 Belarus 14.32 preT 2019 up 91.3% rising
5 Serbia 9.26 preT 2022 up 5.1% rising
6 Turkey 9.08 preT 2019 up 88.5% rising
7 Ukraine 8.23 preT 2020 up 14.1% flat
8 Chile 7.81 preT 2022 up 128.0% rising
9 Vietnam 6.93 preT 2020 up 58.2% rising
10 Kazakhstan 6.74 preT 2021 up 311.6% volatile
11 Uruguay 6.24 preT 2022 up 21.4% volatile
12 Moldova 5.99 preT 2018 up 45.9% rising
13 Bolivia 5.21 preT 2021 up 95.4% rising
14 Colombia 4.75 preT 2022 up 7.6% rising
15 Mongolia 4.72 preT 2020 up 150.5% rising
16 Sri Lanka 4.58 preT 2019 up 44.3% rising
17 Costa Rica 3.88 preT 2022 up 21.2% rising
18 Argentina 3.7 preT 2022 down 64.6% falling
19 Brazil 3.69 preT 2022 down 10.8% rising
20 Cote d'Ivoire 3.57 preT 2021 up 88.9% volatile
21 Panama 3.51 preT 2023 up 27.4% rising
22 Paraguay 3.41 preT 2022 down 1.4% falling
23 Kyrgyzstan 2.98 preT 2020 up 43.0% rising
24 Armenia 2.91 preT 2022 up 0.4% rising
25 Ecuador 2.81 preT 2022 up 10.1% rising
26 Kosovo 2.73 preT 2017 up 112.8% rising
26 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 2.73 preT 2017 up 112.8% rising
28 Mexico 2.72 preT 2022 down 54.4% falling
29 Dominican Republic 2.66 preT 2021 up 28.9% rising
30 Pakistan 2.42 preT 2018 up 74.2% rising
31 Peru 2.17 preT 2022 up 13.7% rising
32 El Salvador 1.97 preT 2022 up 3.0% rising
33 South Africa 1.89 preT 2021 down 83.5% volatile
34 Honduras 0.9073 preT 2019 down 56.1% volatile

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Indicator
Average per capita transfer held by 1st quintile (poorest) - Contributory Pensions (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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Average transfer amount of Contributory Pensions programs among program beneficiaries (per capita, daily $ppp)