Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions by country

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

Countries reporting
34
Highest
96.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0%
Dominican Republic
Median
0.9%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
347

What the numbers show

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 96.0% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0% in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 13.4%.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 413.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 96.0% 2021 up 294.8% volatile
2 Belarus 65.0% 2013 up 413.8% volatile
3 Ukraine 55.6% 2020 volatile
4 Armenia 51.5% 2022 down 15.8% rising
5 Serbia 47.3% 2022 volatile
6 Moldova 37.0% 2018 up 47.8% volatile
7 Kyrgyzstan 35.3% 2020 down 15.7% rising
8 Turkey 24.6% 2019 up 65.7% volatile
9 Albania 22.8% 2018 down 67.8% volatile
10 Chile 6.1% 2022 down 11.8% volatile
11 Russia 2.6% 2017 down 93.9% volatile
12 Sri Lanka 1.9% 2019 up 260.4% volatile
13 Argentina 1.9% 2022 down 93.2% volatile
14 Indonesia 1.5% 2022 up 71.3% rising
15 Brazil 1.2% 2022 down 13.9% volatile
16 Pakistan 1.2% 2018 down 14.2% falling
17 Ecuador 1.1% 2022 down 16.8% volatile
18 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7% 2021 down 74.9% volatile
19 El Salvador 0.7% 2022 up 401.5% volatile
20 Mexico 0.3% 2022 down 89.9% volatile
21 South Africa 0.2% 2021 down 77.7% volatile
22 Honduras 0.1% 2019 volatile
23 Colombia 0.0% 2022 down 66.4% volatile
24 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
24 Paraguay 0.0% 2022 volatile
24 Costa Rica 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
24 Peru 0.0% 2022 volatile
24 Thailand 0.0% 2021 flat
24 Panama 0.0% 2023 volatile
24 Mongolia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% falling
24 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 volatile
24 Vietnam 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
24 Bolivia 0.0% 2021 volatile
24 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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 extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Contributory Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

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