Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty headcount reduction due to Contributory Pensions programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount
What the numbers show
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 57.7% in Belarus; the lowest is 1.0% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.7%, and the mean is 26.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 101.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 66.3%).
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 57.7% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 56.6% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Moldova | 56.3% | 2018 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 56.3% | 2019 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 5 | Romania | 56.2% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 6 | Ukraine | 56.0% | 2020 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 7 | Armenia | 51.0% | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.3% | 2020 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 49.4% | 2021 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 43.3% | 2020 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 11 | Turkey | 40.9% | 2019 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 40.3% | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 30.2% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 14 | Argentina | 29.4% | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 23.4% | 2022 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 20.0% | 2022 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 12.2% | 2021 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 10.9% | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 10.2% | 2020 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 9.8% | 2018 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 7.9% | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 6.4% | 2022 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 5.9% | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 5.8% | 2021 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia | 5.1% | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 4.6% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 2.8% | 2022 | up 32.4% | flat |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.1% | 2021 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 1.5% | 2022 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 1.0% | 2019 | up 23.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 37.1%
About this data
Poverty headcount reduction due to Contributory Pensions programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount