Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 27.2% in South Africa; the lowest is 11.9% in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.7%, and the mean is 18.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 57.0%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 28.2%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 27.2% | 2021 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 25.0% | 2022 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 24.6% | 2021 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 23.6% | 2022 | up 23.4% | flat |
| 5 | Honduras | 23.5% | 2019 | up 48.5% | falling |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 23.3% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 23.2% | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 22.2% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 9 | Turkey | 21.8% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Panama | 21.8% | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 21.6% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 21.1% | 2022 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 21.0% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 14 | Peru | 20.1% | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 15 | El Salvador | 19.8% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 16 | Ecuador | 19.0% | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 18.4% | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 18.2% | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 19 | Vietnam | 18.1% | 2020 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 17.0% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 16.9% | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 16.8% | 2018 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.6% | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 24 | Armenia | 16.5% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Thailand | 15.5% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 26 | Serbia | 15.2% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.2% | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 13.2% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 12.6% | 2020 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 30 | Belarus | 12.5% | 2019 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 31 | Romania | 11.9% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 32 | Moldova | 11.9% | 2018 | down 18.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 15.2%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population