Coverage in 3rd 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 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Kosovo 40.0%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)