Coverage (%) - All Social Insurance -urban by country
Percentage of population participating in Social Insurance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)
What the numbers show
Coverage (%) - All Social Insurance -urban is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 59.6% in Armenia; the lowest is 4.1% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.9%, and the mean is 27.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 82.9%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 55.9%).
Coverage (%) - All Social Insurance -urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 59.6% | 2022 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 2 | Serbia | 55.8% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 3 | Russia | 54.9% | 2017 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 4 | Ukraine | 50.7% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 5 | Belarus | 48.1% | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova | 45.0% | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 7 | Albania | 44.5% | 2018 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Chile | 44.3% | 2022 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.7% | 2020 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 40.6% | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 39.5% | 2020 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 12 | Turkey | 37.2% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 36.8% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 36.4% | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 35.0% | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 31.6% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 28.0% | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 27.9% | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 24.5% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 19.9% | 2020 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 19.2% | 2022 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ecuador | 17.7% | 2022 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 23 | Indonesia | 12.8% | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 12.7% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 11.1% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 9.6% | 2022 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 27 | El Salvador | 8.6% | 2022 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 28 | Bolivia | 8.5% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 8.0% | 2022 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 7.4% | 2018 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 6.5% | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2021 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.4% | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 5.4% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 4.1% | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 36.6%
About this data
Percentage of population participating in Social Insurance programs (includes direct and indirect beneficiaries)