Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
37
Highest
28.6%
Colombia
Lowest
13.5%
Moldova
Median
20.2%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
369
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 28.6% in Colombia; the lowest is 13.5% in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.2%, and the mean is 20.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 29.0%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 24.9%).
Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 28.6% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | South Africa | 27.8% | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 3 | Honduras | 27.7% | 2019 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 4 | Paraguay | 27.5% | 2022 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 5 | Panama | 25.2% | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 24.7% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 24.4% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 24.1% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 24.1% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia | 24.0% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 23.8% | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 23.4% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 22.9% | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.7% | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 22.7% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 22.2% | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2022 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 20.6% | 2020 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 20.2% | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 20.2% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Turkey | 19.3% | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 22 | Albania | 18.4% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | Russia | 18.4% | 2017 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 24 | Thailand | 17.1% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 25 | Mongolia | 16.7% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.7% | 2020 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 27 | Armenia | 16.5% | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 28 | Chile | 16.1% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 29 | Serbia | 16.0% | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 30 | Kosovo | 15.2% | 2017 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 30 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 15.2% | 2017 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 15.2% | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 15.0% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 34 | Belarus | 14.8% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 35 | Romania | 14.0% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 36 | Poland | 13.8% | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 37 | Moldova | 13.5% | 2018 | down 20.0% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population