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Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions by country

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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
75.2%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Ecuador
Median
2.9%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
212

What the numbers show

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 75.2% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 9.4%.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 317.9%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 100.0%).

Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 75.2% 2021 up 79.2% volatile
2 Georgia 56.9% 2021 down 10.2% flat
3 Sri Lanka 19.1% 2019 up 317.9% volatile
4 South Africa 15.4% 2021 down 61.8% falling
5 Colombia 9.9% 2022 up 119.0% rising
6 Mexico 8.4% 2022 down 40.9% volatile
7 Serbia 8.3% 2022 — volatile
8 Chile 6.3% 2022 down 34.2% volatile
9 Bolivia 5.4% 2021 down 55.2% rising
10 Peru 4.8% 2022 up 23.9% falling
11 Panama 4.0% 2023 up 286.6% volatile
12 Kyrgyzstan 3.3% 2018 — volatile
13 Indonesia 2.5% 2022 — volatile
14 El Salvador 1.6% 2022 down 3.5% falling
15 Costa Rica 1.4% 2022 down 20.7% volatile
16 Russia 1.3% 2017 down 72.6% volatile
17 Brazil 0.5% 2022 up 285.3% volatile
18 Honduras 0.2% 2017 up 3.8% volatile
19 Paraguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
19 Poland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
19 Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
19 Turkey 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
19 Ecuador 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 212 data points, 2004–2023
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Percentage of population participating in Social Pensions programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)