Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country

Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
35
Highest
58.1%
Serbia
Lowest
2.2%
South Africa
Median
25.1%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 58.1% in Serbia; the lowest is 2.2% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.1%, and the mean is 26.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 82.4%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 47.7%).

Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Serbia 58.1% 2022 down 1.6% falling
2 Armenia 55.8% 2022 down 0.4% rising
3 Russia 53.4% 2017 up 27.0% rising
4 Belarus 51.4% 2019 up 21.1% rising
5 Ukraine 51.0% 2020 up 5.0% flat
6 Romania 43.7% 2021 down 0.8% falling
7 Albania 43.2% 2018 up 6.1% volatile
8 Moldova 42.3% 2018 up 1.3% rising
9 Kyrgyzstan 41.6% 2020 up 3.2% rising
10 Turkey 40.8% 2019 up 13.3% rising
11 Poland 40.0% 2019 down 11.7% falling
12 Uruguay 39.3% 2022 down 0.7% flat
13 Mongolia 33.8% 2020 down 8.4% flat
14 Argentina 33.6% 2022 up 25.8% rising
15 Kazakhstan 33.5% 2021 up 25.2% rising
16 Brazil 31.0% 2022 down 10.5% falling
17 Chile 28.3% 2022 up 12.8% flat
18 Panama 25.1% 2023 up 54.7% rising
19 Costa Rica 22.8% 2022 up 23.9% rising
20 Mexico 19.4% 2022 up 14.0% rising
21 Vietnam 16.7% 2020 up 8.7% falling
22 Ecuador 16.2% 2022 up 25.4% rising
23 Sri Lanka 11.0% 2019 up 17.9% rising
24 Colombia 10.2% 2022 up 17.7% rising
25 Indonesia 8.6% 2022 up 82.4% rising
26 El Salvador 8.2% 2022 up 24.4% rising
27 Peru 8.0% 2022 down 47.7% falling
28 Pakistan 7.8% 2018 up 43.8% flat
29 Paraguay 7.3% 2022 up 24.6% falling
30 Thailand 5.7% 2021 up 29.5% rising
31 Bolivia 5.5% 2021 down 28.1% falling
32 Dominican Republic 5.4% 2021 down 29.7% falling
33 Cote d'Ivoire 4.5% 2021 down 41.8% volatile
34 Honduras 3.8% 2019 up 35.8% falling
35 South Africa 2.2% 2021 down 16.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 364 data points, 2002–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)