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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation on retirement ages and benefits in practice. Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, no upholding of women’s rights, or full enforcement of restrictive laws, and 4 indicates full enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, the full upholding of women’s rights, or no enforcement of restrictive laws. Enforcement perceptions indicator-level score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median value of individual expert responses o
As of 2025, Australia ranks first with 4.0, followed by Bahamas (4.0) and Barbados (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Australia and Bahamas differ by less than 1%.
Across 172 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Australia) to 0.0 (Uzbekistan), with a median of 3.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from Africa, 3 from the Americas, 3 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pension, Public authorities enforce existing legislation on retirement ages and benefits, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pension, Public authorities enforce existing legislation on retirement ages and benefits · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026