Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 20.6% in Romania; the lowest is 6.3% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.6%, and the mean is 14.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 42.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 40.8%).
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 20.6% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Uruguay | 20.2% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 19.4% | 2022 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 19.3% | 2020 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 5 | Argentina | 19.2% | 2022 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 19.1% | 2022 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 7 | Turkey | 18.3% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 8 | Moldova | 17.1% | 2018 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 9 | Poland | 16.9% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 10 | Brazil | 16.6% | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 16.5% | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.4% | 2020 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 16.1% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 15.0% | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 14.9% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 16 | Pakistan | 14.9% | 2018 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.4% | 2021 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 13.8% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 13.6% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 13.2% | 2019 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 13.1% | 2022 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 12.5% | 2020 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 12.5% | 2021 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 24 | Mexico | 12.1% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia | 12.1% | 2021 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 11.9% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 27 | Thailand | 11.2% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 8.9% | 2019 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 8.6% | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 30 | Colombia | 8.4% | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 7.1% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 6.3% | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 18.0%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population