Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 25.7% in Belarus; the lowest is 2.0% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.0%, and the mean is 12.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 47.3%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 58.3%).
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 25.7% | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 25.1% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 24.4% | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 4 | Moldova | 23.9% | 2018 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 22.3% | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 20.7% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 20.6% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 18.8% | 2020 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.5% | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 10 | Turkey | 17.3% | 2019 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 16.5% | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 15.1% | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 13 | Vietnam | 14.7% | 2020 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 14.0% | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Brazil | 11.4% | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 10.6% | 2019 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 18 | Pakistan | 10.1% | 2018 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 10.1% | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 8.1% | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 7.8% | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 7.5% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia | 7.4% | 2021 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 7.2% | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 7.2% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 26 | Panama | 6.8% | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.5% | 2021 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 5.4% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 3.5% | 2022 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 3.3% | 2022 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 2.4% | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 2.0% | 2021 | down 56.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 21.8%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population