Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population

Countries reporting
37
Highest
26.1%
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
1.1%
Colombia
Median
10.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
369

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 26.1% in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 1.1% in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.4%, and the mean is 12.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 25.5%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 60.8%).

Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 26.1% 2018 up 3.1% flat
2 Serbia 22.6% 2022 up 21.6% rising
3 Ukraine 22.5% 2020 up 8.1% rising
4 Albania 22.3% 2018 up 9.3% flat
5 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 22.0% 2017 down 24.1% falling
5 Kosovo 22.0% 2017 down 24.1% falling
7 Armenia 21.1% 2022 down 3.5% falling
8 Kyrgyzstan 19.7% 2020 down 0.4% flat
9 Romania 19.0% 2021 up 18.8% rising
10 Poland 18.6% 2019 up 4.5% rising
11 Belarus 18.6% 2019 down 3.7% rising
12 Mongolia 18.5% 2020 down 18.9% falling
13 Kazakhstan 18.4% 2021 down 6.0% falling
14 Russian Federation 17.7% 2017 down 22.9% falling
15 Chile 13.6% 2022 up 1.6% flat
16 Argentina 13.4% 2022 down 29.8% falling
17 Türkiye 13.3% 2019 up 7.1% rising
18 Dominican Republic 10.5% 2021 down 6.2% falling
19 Uruguay 10.4% 2022 down 20.0% flat
20 Panama 9.8% 2023 up 25.5% rising
21 Viet Nam 9.0% 2020 up 21.1% falling
22 Ecuador 8.9% 2022 down 1.2% flat
23 Mexico 8.6% 2022 down 15.2% rising
24 Costa Rica 8.4% 2022 up 22.2% falling
25 Pakistan 8.3% 2018 up 14.4% falling
26 Sri Lanka 7.9% 2019 down 27.7% rising
27 Peru 7.4% 2022 up 11.8% rising
28 Brazil 7.4% 2022 down 6.1% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 7.1% 2021 down 60.8% volatile
30 Honduras 6.0% 2019 down 27.5% falling
31 Indonesia 5.1% 2022 down 2.4% rising
32 El Salvador 5.1% 2022 down 19.3% falling
33 Thailand 4.4% 2021 up 9.2% rising
34 Paraguay 4.2% 2022 up 23.7% rising
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.2% 2021 down 11.3% rising
36 South Africa 2.1% 2021 down 53.3% volatile
37 Colombia 1.1% 2022 down 41.8% falling

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
37 places, 369 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population