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Public transfers to older people — 66 years or over

Compare public transfers to older people — 66 years or over across 37 countries or territories using one fixed 2022 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
55.9Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
Median: 59.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
Countries Covered
37
with available data
Highest
Belgium
85.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
Lowest
Mexico
13.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
Top 5 Countries
1Belgium85.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
2Finland80.7Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
3Austria78.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
4France78.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
5Luxembourg78.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
By Region
Europe64.4Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years(26 countries)
Other48.8Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years(2 countries)
Oceania39.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years(2 countries)
Asia36.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years(3 countries)
North America28.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years(3 countries)
Key Findings
  • 37 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years observation in the fixed 2022 slice.
  • Belgium has the highest published value (85.2 Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years).
  • Mexico has the lowest published value (13 Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (13.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years)High (85.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 55.9Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years)

Europe (26)
Other (2)
Oceania (2)
Asia (3)
North America (3)
South America (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

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About This Statistic

Pensions at a glance: Public transfers to older people — 66 years or over. Unit: Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2022 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Pensions at a glance: Public transfers to older people — 66 years or over. Unit: Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Belgium85.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
2Finland80.7Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
3Austria78.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
4France78.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
5Luxembourg78.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
6Greece75.7Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
7Czech Republic75.5Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
8Italy74.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
9Slovenia71.7Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
10Spain69.8Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
11Portugal68.9Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
12Hungary67.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
13Germany66.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
14Lithuania65.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
15Ireland64.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
16Estonia62.5Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
17Poland61.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
18Slovakia59.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
19Norway59.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
20Latvia58.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
21Iceland58.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
22Türkiye50.5Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
23Sweden50.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
24Japan50.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
25Costa Rica47.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
26New Zealand45.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
27Denmark43.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
28United Kingdom42.5Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
29Switzerland42.2Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
30Netherlands40.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
31United States of America38.3Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
32Australia32.8Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
33Canada32.7Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
34Israel29.8Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
35South Korea29.1Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
36Chile24.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
37Mexico13.0Percentage of gross disposable income of the population aged over 65 years
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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2022).

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