in burundi for example per cent or less of women above statutory pension age are in receipt of a pension compared to per cent of men the largest gender gaps in coverage however are found in egypt and jordan where per cent and per cent of men respectively receive a pension compared to only per cent and per cent of women while some european countries have achieved high coverage rates among women their benefits levels are often only a fraction of those of men in addition key pension design features systematically penalize women further reinforcing their socioeconomic disadvantage in old age