Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions 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 is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 22.7% in Chile; the lowest is 2.5% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.1%, and the mean is 13.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 80.3%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 28.0%).
Benefits incidence in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 22.7% | 2022 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 22.4% | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 3 | Moldova | 21.9% | 2018 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 4 | Ukraine | 21.3% | 2020 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | Romania | 20.7% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 20.4% | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 19.5% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 19.3% | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 17.9% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.7% | 2020 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 17.2% | 2020 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 12 | Uruguay | 14.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 14.7% | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 14.3% | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 15 | Brazil | 13.6% | 2022 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 12.7% | 2019 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 12.4% | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 10.2% | 2018 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.1% | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 10.0% | 2022 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 9.4% | 2021 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Peru | 9.2% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 9.0% | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 25 | Ecuador | 8.3% | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 7.9% | 2021 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia | 5.4% | 2021 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 4.5% | 2022 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 4.4% | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 3.4% | 2019 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 2.5% | 2021 | up 21.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 19.1%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the third quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population