Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions by country
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 58.9% in Armenia; the lowest is 4.0% in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.8%, and the mean is 27.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 126.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 46.0%).
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 58.9% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 56.0% | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Belarus | 53.0% | 2019 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 51.6% | 2017 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 5 | Ukraine | 51.4% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.1% | 2020 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 7 | Moldova | 47.2% | 2018 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 46.4% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 44.3% | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 10 | Turkey | 43.9% | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | Albania | 41.0% | 2018 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Uruguay | 39.8% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 13 | Argentina | 37.9% | 2022 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 37.6% | 2021 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 37.1% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Mongolia | 36.9% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 28.4% | 2022 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 26.8% | 2022 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 25.6% | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 21.2% | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 16.3% | 2022 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 15.9% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 23 | Vietnam | 11.6% | 2020 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 10.9% | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 9.8% | 2022 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 9.4% | 2022 | up 126.1% | rising |
| 27 | Pakistan | 8.6% | 2018 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 7.7% | 2022 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 7.2% | 2022 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 30 | Bolivia | 7.0% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 5.3% | 2021 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 4.7% | 2019 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 4.1% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2021 | down 44.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 35.7%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)