Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country

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

Countries reporting
36
Highest
55.2%
South Africa
Lowest
14.8%
Republic of Moldova
Median
28.6%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 55.2% in South Africa; the lowest is 14.8% in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.6%, and the mean is 29.7%.

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

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 42.0%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 31.4%).

Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 55.2% 2021 up 8.9% falling
2 Paraguay 50.4% 2022 up 23.3% rising
3 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 48.5% 2021 up 15.5% rising
4 Honduras 47.4% 2019 up 3.8% rising
5 Colombia 47.0% 2022 down 0.5% flat
6 Indonesia 43.0% 2022 up 12.5% rising
7 Ecuador 40.7% 2022 up 9.6% rising
8 Thailand 40.0% 2021 down 7.4% flat
9 Pakistan 39.0% 2018 up 8.4% rising
10 Peru 38.8% 2022 up 9.1% rising
11 El Salvador 38.2% 2022 down 7.4% flat
12 Sri Lanka 37.0% 2019 up 5.6% falling
13 Dominican Republic 36.6% 2021 down 4.1% rising
14 Viet Nam 35.4% 2020 down 9.6% rising
15 Côte d'Ivoire 31.2% 2021 up 38.2% rising
16 Panama 30.8% 2023 down 12.0% falling
17 Mexico 30.8% 2022 up 2.4% falling
18 Costa Rica 29.3% 2022 down 11.5% rising
19 Brazil 27.9% 2022 up 3.1% flat
20 Kazakhstan 25.0% 2021 up 21.5% rising
21 Uruguay 23.6% 2022 up 4.6% flat
22 Mongolia 23.4% 2020 up 42.0% rising
23 Argentina 23.4% 2022 down 5.7% rising
24 Türkiye 22.7% 2019 down 13.8% falling
25 Kyrgyzstan 19.1% 2020 down 12.5% rising
26 Poland 18.9% 2019 up 1.6% flat
27 Belarus 18.9% 2019 up 5.0% rising
28 Armenia 18.6% 2022 up 18.1% rising
29 Albania 18.0% 2018 up 3.2% rising
30 Russian Federation 17.1% 2017 up 5.1% rising
31 Ukraine 16.6% 2020 down 12.7% falling
32 Chile 16.0% 2022 down 19.6% falling
33 Romania 15.5% 2021 down 21.2% falling
34 Serbia 15.2% 2022 down 23.1% falling
35 Kosovo 14.9% 2017 down 31.4% falling
36 Republic of Moldova 14.8% 2018 up 9.2% rising

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Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 364 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