Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile in Moldova

Moldova: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile was 0.4805 poorest in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.4805 poorest
Change on year
up 19.8%
World rank
1st
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.4805 poorest
in 2018
All-time low
0.3756 poorest
in 2010
Years of data
5
2010–2018

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile in Moldova, 2010–2018

00.10.20.30.40.52010201420182010: 0.376 poorest2012: 0.397 poorest2013: 0.408 poorest2017: 0.401 poorest2018: 0.48 poorest

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.

Analysis

Moldova recorded 0.4805 poorest for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 19.8% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile in Moldova peaked at 0.4805 poorest in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3756 poorest, in 2010.

That places Moldova 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile in Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) in Moldova, 2010 to 2018.
Year poorest Change
2010 0.3756 poorest —
2012 0.3971 poorest +5.7%
2013 0.4084 poorest +2.8%
2017 0.4012 poorest -1.8%
2018 0.4805 poorest +19.8%

Moldova compared with similar countries

  • Moldova's 0.4805 poorest is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.148 poorest, 3.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Moldova's 0.4805 poorest is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3667 poorest, 1.3× the median. (11 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 2 Belarus 0.4626 poorest compare
  2. 3 Ukraine 0.4598 poorest compare
  3. 4 Serbia 0.4019 poorest compare

See the full ranking of 34 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile in Moldova?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile in Moldova was 0.4805 poorest in 2018, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 0.4805 poorest in 2018.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3756 poorest in 2010.
How does Moldova rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile?
Moldova ranks 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2018.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Moldova data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
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 (%)