Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions by country
Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.1%.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 871.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory P: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2018 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 1 | Kosovo | 0.0% | 2017 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2020 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 5 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2022 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2021 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2019 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2018 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2019 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2013 | up 871.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | β | volatile |
| 14 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2022 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2022 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 17 | Chile | 0.0% | 2022 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Vietnam | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2021 | β | flat |
| 21 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2021 | β | volatile |
| 21 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 0.0% | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 21 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 21 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 0.0%
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population