Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country

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

Countries reporting
33
Highest
55.4%
Armenia
Lowest
10.0%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
33.2%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 55.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 10.0% in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.2%, and the mean is 29.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 156.6%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 33.5%).

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 55.4% 2022 up 30.7% rising
2 Kazakhstan 45.6% 2021 up 67.7% rising
3 Belarus 45.4% 2019 up 30.4% rising
4 Ukraine 42.0% 2020 down 9.8% flat
5 Serbia 41.8% 2022 down 26.8% falling
6 Russia 41.6% 2017 up 20.9% rising
7 Turkey 41.2% 2019 down 8.5% falling
8 Mongolia 40.1% 2020 up 33.1% rising
9 Albania 39.9% 2018 up 7.7% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 39.6% 2020 down 18.9% rising
11 Uruguay 39.4% 2022 down 0.6% flat
12 Brazil 38.9% 2022 up 2.8% flat
13 Argentina 36.9% 2022 up 2.8% rising
14 Poland 36.6% 2019 down 5.8% falling
15 Ecuador 35.9% 2022 up 38.9% rising
16 Costa Rica 35.9% 2022 up 15.2% rising
18 Moldova 33.2% 2018 up 27.3% rising
19 Colombia 29.9% 2022 up 14.5% rising
21 Romania 28.1% 2021 down 30.5% falling
22 Vietnam 27.8% 2020 down 15.9% falling
23 Indonesia 23.1% 2022 up 156.6% rising
24 Sri Lanka 20.4% 2019 up 14.7% rising
25 Paraguay 20.0% 2022 up 27.2% flat
26 Peru 18.6% 2022 down 33.5% falling
27 Chile 17.8% 2022 down 16.7% falling
28 Bolivia 17.5% 2021 up 7.5% rising
29 El Salvador 16.4% 2022 up 4.4% rising
30 Pakistan 14.5% 2018 up 7.2% rising
31 Honduras 12.9% 2019 up 27.8% rising
32 Thailand 12.3% 2021 up 6.0% rising
33 Dominican Republic 11.8% 2021 down 20.9% rising
34 South Africa 11.3% 2021 up 2.5% falling
35 Cote d'Ivoire 10.0% 2021 down 11.6% 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 5th quintile (richest) (%) - 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)