Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions 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 is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 27.6% in Turkey; the lowest is 12.1% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.1%, and the mean is 20.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 48.8%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 30.5%).
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 27.6% | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 2 | Chile | 27.0% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 26.7% | 2020 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 26.6% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Argentina | 25.4% | 2022 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 25.2% | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 24.3% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 8 | Armenia | 23.4% | 2022 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 9 | Moldova | 22.6% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Serbia | 22.5% | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 11 | Uruguay | 22.4% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 22.4% | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.3% | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | Vietnam | 22.0% | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 22.0% | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 16 | Brazil | 21.4% | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 20.8% | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 20.0% | 2021 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 19 | Ukraine | 19.9% | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 20 | Pakistan | 19.7% | 2018 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 21 | Peru | 19.4% | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 17.7% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 17.0% | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 16.8% | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 25 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 16.1% | 2019 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 27 | Bolivia | 15.9% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 28 | Colombia | 15.6% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 13.8% | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.6% | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 12.5% | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 12.1% | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 22.6%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population