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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population