[ILO] Proportion of population above statutory pensionable age receiving a pension, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
64
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
8.1%
Cambodia
Median
100.0%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
747
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of population above statutory pensionable age receiving a pension, by sex (%) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 8.1% in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 78.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 843.4%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (down 93.3%).
[ILO] Proportion of population above statutory pensionable age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Botswana | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2022 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2021 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100.0% | 2022 | up 843.4% | volatile |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 100.0% | 2022 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100.0% | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2021 | up 195.9% | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2021 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100.0% | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Timor-Leste | 91.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.0% | 2022 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 76.7% | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 99.3% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 37 | Ukraine | 96.2% | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 93.0% | 2022 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 39 | Cyprus | 92.7% | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Spain | 88.9% | 2022 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 78.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | Montenegro | 78.0% | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 43 | Nepal | 77.2% | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 74.4% | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 45 | South Africa | 69.6% | 2024 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 46 | Colombia | 59.6% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 57.5% | 2022 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.8% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 53.7% | 2024 | up 178.0% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 48.4% | 2020 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 51 | India | 45.9% | 2022 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 52 | Mozambique | 42.3% | 2022 | up 144.5% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 31.1% | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 19.6% | 2021 | up 216.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Uganda | 18.3% | 2022 | up 177.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 16.6% | 2024 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 15.9% | 2022 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 58 | Ghana | 15.7% | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 59 | Honduras | 14.6% | 2022 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 9.1% | 2020 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 8.1% | 2020 | up 153.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 100.0%
- Western Europe 100.0%
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 100.0%
- United States of America 100.0%
- Polynesia 98.6%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 98.0%
- Northern Europe 99.8%
- Eastern Asia 98.6%
- Micronesia 88.2%
- Europe and Northern America 98.2%
- Asia 76.4%
- Europe 97.4%
- Developing regions 70.9%
- Eastern Europe 96.9%
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 48.8%
- Central Asia 96.7%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 47.4%
- Southern Europe 93.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 27.1%
- Americas 90.0%
- Melanesia 21.7%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 89.2%
- Middle Africa 16.8%
- Central America 85.0%
- United Republic of Tanzania 6.0%
- Southern Africa 81.8%
- South America 80.4%
- World 79.6%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 79.3%
- Oceania 74.4%
- Western Asia 65.7%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 60.8%
- Northern Africa 55.1%
- Caribbean 50.0%
- Central and Southern Asia 48.8%
- Southern Asia 47.1%
- South-Eastern Asia 45.6%
- Africa 31.8%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 31.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.3%