Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 65.5% in Armenia; the lowest is 1.2% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.7%, and the mean is 23.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 171.3%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 51.7%).
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 65.5% | 2022 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 2 | Serbia | 59.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 3 | Ukraine | 56.1% | 2020 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 55.8% | 2017 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 5 | Moldova | 49.8% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 48.7% | 2018 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Belarus | 47.5% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.3% | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 38.2% | 2019 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 37.1% | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 31.9% | 2020 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 31.7% | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 13 | Turkey | 31.6% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 31.3% | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 15 | Argentina | 28.5% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 23.4% | 2022 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 17 | Chile | 22.8% | 2022 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 22.7% | 2022 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 15.4% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 13.8% | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 10.6% | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 8.8% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 6.6% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.4% | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 6.0% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 26 | El Salvador | 5.6% | 2022 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 5.5% | 2022 | up 171.3% | rising |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 4.2% | 2021 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 29 | Pakistan | 3.9% | 2018 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 30 | Colombia | 3.6% | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 3.5% | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 32 | Thailand | 3.5% | 2021 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 2.5% | 2022 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 34 | Honduras | 1.5% | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 1.2% | 2021 | down 46.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 40.7%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)