Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Belarus

Belarus: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.475 in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.475
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
2nd
of 33 countries
All-time high
0.475
in 2019
All-time low
0.3917
in 2008
Years of data
11
2008–2019

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Belarus, 2008–2019

00.10.20.30.40.52008201320192008: 0.3922009: 0.432010: 0.4172012: 0.4172013: 0.442014: 0.4412015: 0.4422016: 0.4552017: 0.4482018: 0.4662019: 0.475

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Belarus recorded 0.475 for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Belarus peaked at 0.475 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3917, in 2008.

Belarus ranks 2nd of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4109 0.3917 0.4301 2
2010s 0.4445 0.417 0.475 9

Countries ranked near Belarus

  1. 1 Moldova 0.5242 compare
  2. 3 Ukraine 0.4699 compare
  3. 4 Romania 0.4319 compare
  4. 5 Serbia 0.4271 compare

See the full ranking of 33 places β†’

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All data for Belarus β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Belarus?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Belarus was 0.475 in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Belarus?
The highest recorded value was 0.475 in 2019.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Belarus?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3917 in 2008.
How does Belarus rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Belarus ranks 2nd out of 33 countries with data for 2019.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Belarus?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belarus data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 342 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Contributory Pensions programs (%)