Beneficiary incidence in 4th 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
30.1%
Colombia
Lowest
18.4%
Albania
Median
24.0%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 30.1% in Colombia; the lowest is 18.4% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.0%, and the mean is 23.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 33.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 18.0%).

Beneficiary incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 30.1% 2022 up 4.5% rising
2 Honduras 27.8% 2019 up 33.5% flat
3 Panama 27.5% 2023 up 21.8% flat
4 Pakistan 26.7% 2018 up 20.5% rising
5 Mexico 26.5% 2022 down 5.3% falling
6 Brazil 26.2% 2022 up 1.4% flat
7 Sri Lanka 25.6% 2019 down 12.0% falling
8 Paraguay 25.4% 2022 up 8.2% falling
9 Thailand 25.2% 2021 up 6.6% flat
10 Costa Rica 24.7% 2022 up 4.6% rising
11 Chile 24.6% 2022 down 1.0% rising
12 Vietnam 24.4% 2020 down 0.1% rising
13 Peru 24.4% 2022 down 18.0% falling
14 South Africa 24.4% 2021 up 16.4% rising
15 Bolivia 24.3% 2021 down 12.6% falling
16 Indonesia 24.2% 2022 down 6.1% falling
17 Turkey 24.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
18 Uruguay 24.0% 2022 up 4.1% flat
19 Argentina 23.9% 2022 up 25.7% rising
20 Romania 23.9% 2021 up 3.4% rising
21 El Salvador 22.9% 2022 up 2.2% rising
22 Mongolia 22.8% 2020 up 15.4% rising
23 Dominican Republic 22.3% 2021 up 4.4% flat
24 Belarus 22.2% 2019 up 10.3% flat
25 Ecuador 22.0% 2022 down 13.5% falling
26 Cote d'Ivoire 20.7% 2021 down 16.2% rising
27 Russia 20.6% 2017 up 8.8% rising
28 Poland 20.5% 2019 down 6.4% falling
29 Kyrgyzstan 19.9% 2020 up 1.9% flat
30 Serbia 19.9% 2022 down 6.4% falling
31 Moldova 19.7% 2018 down 5.6% flat
32 Armenia 19.6% 2022 down 0.3% flat
33 Kazakhstan 19.5% 2021 up 0.5% flat
34 Ukraine 18.8% 2020 down 6.2% falling
35 Albania 18.4% 2018 down 3.4% flat

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 4th 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