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Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) by country

Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population

Countries reporting
33
Highest
27.4%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Bolivia
Median
5.3%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
341

What the numbers show

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 27.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Bolivia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.3%, and the mean is 6.2%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 1,892.8%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 100.0%).

Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 27.4% 2021 up 2.3% rising
2 Poland, Republic of 24.8% 2019 up 91.8% rising
3 Romania 19.3% 2021 up 13.0% rising
4 Kyrgyz Republic 15.9% 2020 up 39.9% falling
5 Armenia, Republic of 14.3% 2022 down 24.8% flat
6 Côte d'Ivoire 12.8% 2021 down 53.9% falling
7 Chile 12.5% 2022 up 1,892.8% volatile
8 Moldova, Republic of 10.1% 2018 up 7.6% flat
9 Serbia, Republic of 8.9% 2022 up 30.2% rising
10 Pakistan 7.7% 2018 down 27.4% falling
11 Ukraine 7.6% 2020 down 23.1% falling
12 Belarus, Republic of 7.1% 2019 down 30.3% falling
13 Mongolia 6.9% 2020 down 36.3% falling
14 Kazakhstan, Republic of 6.4% 2021 up 599.4% volatile
15 Sri Lanka 6.0% 2019 down 7.0% falling
16 Kosovo 5.5% 2017 down 65.4% volatile
17 Vietnam 5.3% 2020 up 73.4% volatile
18 Türkiye, Republic of 4.1% 2019 up 83.5% rising
19 South Africa 0.7% 2021 down 95.0% volatile
20 Ecuador 0.6% 2022 down 25.4% volatile
21 Brazil 0.5% 2022 down 27.2% falling
22 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2021 down 70.7% volatile
23 Mexico 0.2% 2022 down 98.3% volatile
24 Argentina 0.1% 2022 down 99.2% volatile
25 Peru 0.1% 2022 up 114.5% volatile
26 Costa Rica 0.1% 2022 up 20.4% volatile
27 Colombia 0.1% 2022 down 52.0% volatile
28 Honduras 0.1% 2019 down 88.7% volatile
29 Uruguay 0.1% 2022 down 86.2% volatile
30 El Salvador 0.0% 2022 down 89.9% volatile
31 Panama 0.0% 2023 up 43.4% volatile
32 Paraguay 0.0% 2022 — volatile
32 Bolivia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 341 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population