Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population
Countries reporting
36
Highest
18.8%
Poland
Lowest
0.0%
Bolivia
Median
3.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
363
What the numbers show
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 18.8% in Poland; the lowest is 0.0% in Bolivia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.3%, and the mean is 4.4%.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 375.7%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 100.0%).
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 18.8% | 2019 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 14.5% | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Thailand | 13.5% | 2021 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 12.1% | 2022 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2020 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 6 | Chile | 9.2% | 2022 | up 375.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Moldova | 7.3% | 2018 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 8 | Serbia | 7.1% | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 7.0% | 2018 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 6.8% | 2020 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 11 | South Africa | 5.7% | 2021 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 5.3% | 2019 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 13 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.7% | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 4.2% | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 3.9% | 2021 | up 269.8% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 3.8% | 2020 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 17 | Türkiye | 3.7% | 2019 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 3.4% | 2020 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Kosovo | 3.2% | 2017 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 2.6% | 2022 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 21 | Honduras | 1.2% | 2019 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 1.2% | 2021 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Ecuador | 0.8% | 2022 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2022 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 0.7% | 2022 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2022 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Russia | 0.6% | 2017 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 0.4% | 2022 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 0.3% | 2022 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2022 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Panama | 0.2% | 2023 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2022 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Albania | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population