Adequacy of social insurance programs (% of total welfare of beneficiary households) by country
Adequacy of social insurance programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social insurance programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Social insurance programs include old age...
What the numbers show
Adequacy of social insurance programs (% of total welfare of beneficiary households) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 93.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 19.8% in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.5%, and the mean is 43.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 138.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 40.8%).
Adequacy of social insurance programs: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 93.0% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 88.0% | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 86.9% | 2019 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 64.6% | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 58.1% | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 54.7% | 2021 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 53.8% | 2018 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 51.8% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 50.3% | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 49.3% | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 48.3% | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 12 | Mongolia | 45.6% | 2020 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.3% | 2020 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 42.6% | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 40.6% | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 39.9% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 39.6% | 2022 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.5% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 39.0% | 2018 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 37.5% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 35.6% | 2022 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 35.3% | 2021 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 34.4% | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 33.6% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 25 | Paraguay | 33.5% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 26 | Panama | 31.0% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 27 | Viet Nam | 30.9% | 2020 | up 23.7% | flat |
| 28 | Chile | 30.4% | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 29 | Kosovo | 29.7% | 2017 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 29 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 29.7% | 2017 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 27.6% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27.1% | 2021 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 23.8% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 19.8% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
About this data
Adequacy of social insurance programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social insurance programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. Social insurance programs include old age contributory pensions (including survivors and disability) and social security and health insurance benefits (including occupational injury benefits, paid sick leave, maternity and other social insurance). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.