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

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

Countries reporting
32
Highest
41.0%
Belarus
Lowest
-2.2%
Ecuador
Median
2.4%
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
342

What the numbers show

Gini inequality index reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 41.0% in Belarus; the lowest is -2.2% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 11.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 2,227.7%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 785.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 41.0% 2019 up 36.3% rising
2 Romania 38.8% 2021 up 9.3% rising
3 Poland 37.0% 2019 up 18.2% rising
4 Moldova 36.5% 2018 up 90.7% rising
5 Serbia 36.4% 2022 up 15.9% rising
6 Ukraine 34.6% 2020 down 0.3% falling
7 Armenia 25.4% 2022 up 16.0% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 24.0% 2020 up 52.1% rising
9 Kazakhstan 20.4% 2021 up 264.1% volatile
10 Mongolia 19.2% 2020 up 102.3% rising
11 Turkey 13.6% 2019 up 65.5% rising
12 Uruguay 9.7% 2022 up 32.1% rising
13 Chile 5.8% 2022 up 54.8% flat
14 Argentina 5.3% 2022 down 20.1% falling
15 Brazil 4.8% 2022 down 34.0% falling
16 Thailand 3.2% 2021 up 427.0% volatile
17 Sri Lanka 1.5% 2019 up 173.0% rising
18 Vietnam 1.0% 2020 up 171.6% volatile
19 Costa Rica 0.8% 2022 up 2,227.7% volatile
20 South Africa 0.8% 2021 up 794.4% volatile
21 Pakistan 0.3% 2018 up 293.0% volatile
22 Panama 0.2% 2023 up 120.5% volatile
23 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2021 down 83.6% volatile
24 Cote d'Ivoire -0.2% 2021 down 127.7% volatile
25 Honduras -0.6% 2019 down 48.3% volatile
26 Peru -0.6% 2022 down 19.1% falling
27 El Salvador -0.8% 2022 down 2.1% falling
28 Mexico -0.8% 2022 down 785.4% falling
29 Bolivia -1.1% 2021 down 536.6% volatile
30 Colombia -1.3% 2022 down 12.2% falling
31 Paraguay -1.3% 2022 down 49.2% falling
32 Ecuador -2.2% 2022 down 548.2% 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
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