Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 34.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 1.8% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.5%, and the mean is 18.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (up 129.4%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 51.2%).
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 34.3% | 2021 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 32.8% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 32.7% | 2018 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 32.4% | 2022 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 32.2% | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 31.8% | 2020 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 31.1% | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.0% | 2020 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 29.3% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 10 | Serbia | 28.1% | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo | 27.9% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 27.6% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 25.5% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 14 | Russia | 23.5% | 2017 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 15 | Türkiye | 22.5% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 16 | Albania | 22.3% | 2018 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 17.9% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 17.6% | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 17.4% | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 17.0% | 2021 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 16.9% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 15.0% | 2020 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 13.0% | 2022 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 12.0% | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 11.6% | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2021 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 27 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2022 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 7.3% | 2022 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 29 | Panama | 7.1% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 6.7% | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 31 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.6% | 2021 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 5.7% | 2021 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Indonesia | 4.6% | 2022 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 34 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2022 | up 72.7% | flat |
| 35 | Colombia | 2.3% | 2022 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 1.8% | 2019 | down 51.2% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population