Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions by country

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

Countries reporting
35
Highest
23.0%
Russia
Lowest
3.4%
Colombia
Median
16.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 23.0% in Russia; the lowest is 3.4% in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.0%, and the mean is 14.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 61.1%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 69.4%).

Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 23.0% 2017 up 3.4% flat
2 Moldova 22.3% 2018 up 0.2% flat
3 Serbia 22.2% 2022 up 8.7% rising
4 Romania 22.1% 2021 up 11.3% rising
5 Albania 21.9% 2018 up 10.0% flat
6 Ukraine 21.4% 2020 up 5.7% flat
7 Armenia 21.4% 2022 down 2.2% flat
8 Chile 20.3% 2022 up 9.4% flat
9 Kyrgyzstan 19.8% 2020 down 4.1% rising
10 Poland 19.8% 2019 up 0.3% flat
11 Kazakhstan 19.3% 2021 down 2.1% falling
12 Belarus 19.1% 2019 down 8.4% flat
13 Uruguay 18.6% 2022 up 0.3% flat
14 Argentina 18.0% 2022 down 3.4% falling
15 Mongolia 17.9% 2020 down 11.4% falling
16 Turkey 17.4% 2019 up 7.8% rising
17 Brazil 16.5% 2022 up 2.4% flat
18 Costa Rica 16.0% 2022 up 2.7% falling
19 Mexico 13.3% 2022 up 6.7% rising
20 Dominican Republic 12.9% 2021 down 13.8% falling
21 Vietnam 12.6% 2020 up 61.1% rising
22 Panama 12.5% 2023 up 3.5% rising
23 Ecuador 12.3% 2022 down 3.2% rising
24 Pakistan 12.2% 2018 down 3.0% falling
25 Sri Lanka 10.7% 2019 down 2.4% rising
26 Peru 10.6% 2022 up 21.1% rising
27 Indonesia 9.2% 2022 up 32.8% rising
28 El Salvador 9.1% 2022 down 16.2% falling
29 Bolivia 8.7% 2021 up 19.9% rising
30 South Africa 7.0% 2021 down 19.4% volatile
31 Thailand 6.7% 2021 up 8.4% rising
32 Paraguay 5.9% 2022 up 6.7% flat
33 Honduras 5.4% 2019 down 34.6% falling
34 Cote d'Ivoire 4.6% 2021 down 69.4% volatile
35 Colombia 3.4% 2022 down 27.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 364 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

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