Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions by country

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

Countries reporting
33
Highest
25.8%
Chile
Lowest
6.7%
Honduras
Median
19.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 25.8% in Chile; the lowest is 6.7% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.5%, and the mean is 18.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 82.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 43.5%).

Beneficiary incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 25.8% 2022 up 10.5% rising
2 Uruguay 23.3% 2022 up 2.4% flat
3 Brazil 22.8% 2022 down 4.9% flat
4 Turkey 22.4% 2019 up 7.1% flat
5 Russia 22.4% 2017 up 10.9% rising
6 Cote d'Ivoire 22.1% 2021 up 3.7% falling
7 Ukraine 21.3% 2020 up 8.7% flat
8 Argentina 21.3% 2022 up 15.5% flat
9 Belarus 21.2% 2019 down 6.6% falling
10 Moldova 21.1% 2018 down 0.8% flat
11 Romania 21.1% 2021 down 4.3% flat
12 Costa Rica 20.9% 2022 up 10.7% flat
14 Kyrgyzstan 20.5% 2020 up 4.7% flat
15 Serbia 20.2% 2022 up 1.3% flat
16 Armenia 20.0% 2022 down 3.4% flat
17 Poland 19.6% 2019 down 5.9% falling
18 El Salvador 19.5% 2022 up 25.2% rising
19 Mongolia 19.4% 2020 down 9.3% falling
20 Albania 19.4% 2018 down 11.9% flat
22 Ecuador 18.4% 2022 up 35.6% rising
23 Kazakhstan 18.4% 2021 down 8.1% falling
24 Peru 17.3% 2022 up 2.9% flat
25 Pakistan 17.1% 2018 down 15.5% falling
26 Vietnam 16.8% 2020 up 3.2% rising
27 Sri Lanka 16.4% 2019 up 14.3% flat
28 Dominican Republic 16.3% 2021 down 4.2% flat
29 Thailand 15.0% 2021 up 82.1% rising
30 Indonesia 14.0% 2022 down 0.1% flat
31 Bolivia 13.8% 2021 down 9.8% rising
32 Paraguay 12.1% 2022 down 38.0% rising
33 Colombia 12.0% 2022 up 21.9% rising
34 South Africa 10.1% 2021 down 25.4% falling
35 Honduras 6.7% 2019 down 43.5% 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 3rd 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