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

Thailand: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.202 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.202
Change on year
up 3.4%
World rank
13th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.202
in 2021
All-time low
0.0193
in 2006
Years of data
7
2006–2021

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Thailand, 2006–2021

00.050.10.150.22006201320212006: 0.0192009: 0.1582011: 0.1722013: 0.1772017: 0.1742019: 0.1952021: 0.202

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.202 for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2021. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Thailand peaked at 0.202 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0193, in 2006.

Thailand ranks 13th of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0884 0.0193 0.1575 2
2010s 0.1795 0.1717 0.1954 4
2020s 0.202 0.202 0.202 1

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 11 Kazakhstan 0.3198 compare
  2. 12 Mongolia 0.3137 compare
  3. 14 Türkiye 0.196 compare
  4. 15 Chile 0.1907 compare
  5. 16 Viet Nam 0.1778 compare

See the full ranking of 34 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Thailand?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Thailand was 0.202 in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 0.202 in 2021.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0193 in 2006.
How does Thailand rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Thailand ranks 13th out of 34 countries with data for 2021.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand 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
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Contributory Pensions programs (%)