Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban 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 -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 30.7% in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 15.0% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.8%, and the mean is 21.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 81.9%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 25.8%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.7% | 2021 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 2 | Turkey | 27.6% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 27.4% | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 25.6% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 25.4% | 2022 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 6 | Romania | 25.1% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Mongolia | 23.9% | 2020 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.7% | 2020 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 23.6% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 10 | Belarus | 23.5% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 23.2% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 22.8% | 2022 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 13 | Serbia | 22.5% | 2022 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 14 | Uruguay | 22.4% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 15 | Panama | 21.1% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 20.8% | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 20.3% | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | Vietnam | 20.3% | 2020 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 20.1% | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 19.6% | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 19.5% | 2020 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 19.4% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Moldova | 19.1% | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Mexico | 18.4% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 18.3% | 2021 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 17.5% | 2022 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 17.2% | 2019 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 29 | Pakistan | 17.1% | 2018 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 30 | Bolivia | 16.1% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 31 | Paraguay | 15.2% | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 32 | Ecuador | 15.0% | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 20.5%
- South Africa 18.0%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population