Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions by country
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 80.4% in Paraguay; the lowest is 22.6% in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.6%, and the mean is 52.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 36.7%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 30.3%).
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paraguay | 80.4% | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Honduras | 79.4% | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 4 | Colombia | 79.0% | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 5 | Bolivia | 75.8% | 2021 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 75.7% | 2022 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 70.5% | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 69.8% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 68.1% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 10 | El Salvador | 68.0% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 66.5% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 66.2% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Peru | 65.8% | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 14 | Panama | 65.3% | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 15 | Pakistan | 62.0% | 2018 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 56.8% | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 17 | Vietnam | 54.6% | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 54.6% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 52.0% | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 48.6% | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 43.8% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 39.7% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 38.0% | 2020 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.0% | 2020 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 30.3% | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 26 | Chile | 29.3% | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 27.6% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 28 | Armenia | 26.5% | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 24.6% | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 24.4% | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 31 | Belarus | 23.5% | 2019 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 32 | Moldova | 22.6% | 2018 | up 15.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 84.0%
- Kosovo 24.0%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population