Pensions at a Glance
Latin America and the Caribbean

This comprehensive examination of pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean looks at recent trends in retirement and working at older ages, evolving life expectancy, design of pension systems, and pension entitlements before providing a series of country profiles. The special chapter analyses the coverage and adequacy of Latin American pension systems.
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Gross pension wealth
Pension wealth measures the total value of the lifetime flow of retirement incomes. For male average earners, pension wealth in the region is, on average, 12.0 times annual earnings. The figure is higher for women – 13.7 times individual earnings – because of their longer life expectancy.
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