Coverage (%) - Contributory Pensions by country
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
Countries reporting
37
Highest
60.2%
Armenia
Lowest
3.3%
Honduras
Median
23.1%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
369
What the numbers show
Coverage (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 60.2% in Armenia; the lowest is 3.3% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.1%, and the mean is 25.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 140.9%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 34.2%).
Coverage (%) - Contributory Pensions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 60.2% | 2022 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 2 | Serbia | 56.3% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Ukraine | 54.6% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 4 | Russia | 50.1% | 2017 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.2% | 2020 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova | 47.8% | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 47.7% | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 8 | Albania | 44.5% | 2018 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Poland | 43.2% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 38.9% | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 38.5% | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 37.0% | 2017 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 37.0% | 2017 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 36.3% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 33.3% | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 32.4% | 2020 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 31.6% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 28.3% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Chile | 23.1% | 2022 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 21.7% | 2022 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 18.6% | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 16.0% | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 14.9% | 2022 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 10.6% | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 25 | Vietnam | 9.5% | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 8.5% | 2019 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 8.1% | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 28 | Indonesia | 7.7% | 2022 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 6.7% | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 30 | Pakistan | 6.4% | 2018 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 5.8% | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 32 | Bolivia | 5.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 5.7% | 2022 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 34 | Thailand | 4.2% | 2021 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.8% | 2021 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 3.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Honduras | 3.3% | 2019 | up 42.4% | rising |
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Contributory Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)