World Social Protection Report Data 2017-2019
Coverage
Effective coverage: Beneficiaries
Effective coverage for older persons: Percentage of persons above statutory pensionable age receiving a pension
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Coverage
Effective coverage: Contributors
Old-age pensions effective coverage: Active contributors to pension schemes as percentage of the labour force and working age
Old-age pensions effective coverage: Percentage of the labour force contributing to a pension scheme
Coverage
Legal Coverage
Old-age pensions, legal coverage: Percentage of the working-age population covered by existing law under mandatory contributory and non-contributory old-age pensions
Old-age pensions, legal coverage: Percentage of the working-age population covered by existing law under mandatory contributory and non-contributory old-age pensions
Expenditure
Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statutory pensionable age
Type of scheme
Information available for 192 countries (100%)
Old-age pension schemes anchored in national legislation providing periodic cash benefits, 186 countries | (97%) | No old-age pension scheme anchored in national legislation providing periodic cash benefits, 6 countries | (3%) (of which 4 countries with provident funds providing lump-sum benefits to employees and sometimes also self-employed |
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CONTRIBUTORY | Contributory scheme only, 72 countries | (39%) | Contributory scheme and non-contributory means-tested scheme, 64 countries | (34%) | Contributory scheme and non-contributory pensions-tested scheme, 24 countries | (13%) | Contributory scheme and non-contributory universal scheme, 14 countries | (8%) | ||
NON-CONTRIBUTORY | Non-contributory means-tested scheme only, 2 countries | (1%) | Non-contributory universal scheme only, 10 countries | (5%) |