Gini inequality index reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban by country

Gini inequality index reduction due to Contributory Pensions programs as % of pre-transfer Gini index

Countries reporting
32
Highest
40.9%
Romania
Lowest
-1.8%
Ecuador
Median
3.5%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
342

What the numbers show

Gini inequality index reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 40.9% in Romania; the lowest is -1.8% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.5%, and the mean is 11.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 10,351.7%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 854.5%).

Gini inequality index reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 40.9% 2021 up 6.3% rising
2 Belarus 40.4% 2019 up 45.8% rising
3 Serbia 39.7% 2022 up 32.5% rising
4 Poland 38.4% 2019 up 17.1% rising
5 Moldova 37.8% 2018 up 100.0% rising
6 Ukraine 34.4% 2020 up 0.5% falling
7 Armenia 27.9% 2022 up 27.4% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 22.4% 2020 up 39.4% rising
9 Kazakhstan 20.5% 2021 up 193.7% volatile
10 Mongolia 18.6% 2020 up 84.7% rising
11 Turkey 13.6% 2019 up 46.5% rising
12 Uruguay 9.6% 2022 up 32.4% rising
13 Thailand 5.7% 2021 up 78.3% volatile
14 Argentina 5.3% 2022 down 20.1% falling
15 Chile 5.2% 2022 up 33.7% falling
16 Brazil 4.2% 2022 down 42.6% falling
17 Vietnam 2.8% 2020 up 61.6% falling
18 Sri Lanka 1.5% 2019 up 29.8% rising
19 Costa Rica 1.3% 2022 up 129.3% volatile
20 South Africa 1.2% 2021 up 10,351.7% volatile
21 Panama 1.1% 2023 up 860.5% volatile
22 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4% 2021 down 85.1% volatile
23 Pakistan 0.3% 2018 up 202.3% volatile
24 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2021 up 34.4% volatile
25 Mexico -0.1% 2022 down 120.1% volatile
26 Peru -0.4% 2022 down 854.5% volatile
27 Honduras -0.5% 2019 down 77.7% volatile
28 Colombia -0.7% 2022 up 32.2% falling
29 El Salvador -0.7% 2022 down 162.4% volatile
30 Bolivia -1.1% 2021 down 241.7% volatile
31 Paraguay -1.4% 2022 down 49.3% volatile
32 Ecuador -1.8% 2022 down 199.1% 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
Gini inequality index reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 342 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Gini inequality index reduction due to Contributory Pensions programs as % of pre-transfer Gini index