Social pensions database

HelpAge's social pensions database gathers information from a range of sources and draws on the knowledge of our worldwide team of social protection experts.

It has data on over 90 social pension schemes running across the globe in low, middle and high-income countries.

This information is summarised in the country fact files, accessible via our interactive map.

This version: 24 April 2012. This edition provides a comprehensive update of the previous version of the database (23 June 2011) as well as adding information on fourteen more social pensions. These programmes are based in Armenia, Austria, Colombia, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Peru, Portugal, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda (Pilot) and Venezuela.

This database will be particularly useful for researchers and policy makers working within social protection debate to compare the characteristics of different pension schemes.

The database is a living document that will grow as more information is gathered. If you have additional information on any of the schemes listed, please email info@pension-watch.net.