Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Social Pensions (preT) by country

Percentage of population participating in Social Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)

Countries reporting
24
Highest
36.6%
Georgia
Lowest
0.1%
Ecuador
Median
1.7%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
222

What the numbers show

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Social Pensions (preT) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 36.6% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.1% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 5.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 428.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 1,215.2%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 68.4%).

Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Social Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 36.6% 2021 down 5.9% falling
2 Thailand 25.8% 2021 up 10.9% rising
3 Bolivia 24.0% 2021 up 2.4% rising
4 Mexico 14.7% 2022 up 197.2% volatile
6 Chile 7.3% 2022 up 127.9% rising
7 Kazakhstan 6.5% 2021 down 35.8% falling
8 Honduras 3.5% 2017 up 111.5% rising
9 Panama 2.4% 2023 up 32.5% rising
10 Paraguay 2.4% 2022 up 1,215.2% volatile
11 Moldova 2.3% 2018 down 3.2% rising
12 Sri Lanka 2.2% 2019 up 318.1% volatile
13 Serbia 2.0% 2022 up 56.9% volatile
14 Costa Rica 1.4% 2022 up 10.5% flat
15 Poland 1.3% 2019 up 9.0% rising
16 Peru 1.0% 2022 up 268.4% rising
17 Colombia 0.9% 2022 down 2.4% rising
18 Indonesia 0.5% 2022 β€” volatile
19 Brazil 0.5% 2022 up 23.1% falling
20 Turkey 0.5% 2019 down 11.4% volatile
21 Russia 0.3% 2017 down 68.4% volatile
22 El Salvador 0.3% 2022 up 78.2% rising
23 Romania 0.3% 2021 down 66.9% volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2018 β€” falling
25 Ecuador 0.1% 2022 up 187.7% 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
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - Social Pensions (preT)
Unit
preT
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 222 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of population participating in Social Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)