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

Romania: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.4319 in 2021. β–² Rising

Latest (2021)
0.4319
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
4th
of 33 countries
All-time high
0.4493
in 2019
All-time low
0.3653
in 2008
Years of data
7
2008–2021

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Romania, 2008–2021

00.10.20.30.42008201420212008: 0.3652011: 0.4032012: 0.4082016: 0.4122019: 0.4492020: 0.4112021: 0.432

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Romania recorded 0.4319 for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2021.

That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Romania peaked at 0.4493 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3653, in 2008.

Romania ranks 4th of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3653 0.3653 0.3653 1
2010s 0.4178 0.4029 0.4493 4
2020s 0.4215 0.4112 0.4319 2

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 1 Moldova, Republic of 0.5242 compare
  2. 2 Belarus, Republic of 0.475 compare
  3. 3 Ukraine 0.4699 compare
  4. 5 Serbia, Republic of 0.4271 compare
  5. 6 Armenia, Republic of 0.3771 compare
  6. 7 Poland 0.3736 compare

See the full ranking of 33 places β†’

More reference data data for Romania

All data for Romania β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Romania?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Romania was 0.4319 in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 0.4493 in 2019.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3653 in 2008.
How does Romania rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Romania ranks 4th out of 33 countries with data for 2021.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Romania 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 (%)