Pensions
In 2025, CZK 700 billion was allocated for pensions paid by the Czech Social Security Administration. By the end of 2025, some pension was received by 2,830 thousand people in Czechia, of which 2,346 thousand people received an old-age pension. The average amount of full old-age pension reached CZK 21,175. The proportion of people who were granted an old-age pension before reaching retirement age (the so-called early old-age pension) reached 32.8% of all recipients of full old-age pensions.
Expenditure on pensions
Publication date: 10. 04. 2026
Year 2025
700,122 CZK million
Pension recipients
Publication date: 10. 04. 2026
as of 31.12. 2025
2,829,884
Average monthly amount of old-age pension
Publication date: 10. 04. 2026
December 2025
CZK 21,175
Percentage of early old-age pensions
Publication date: 10. 04. 2026
as of 31.12. 2025
32.8%
Data and time series
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 423,478 | 460,508 | 507,631 | 518,384 | 574,905 | 670,351 | 694,561 | 700,122 |
| old-age pensions | 351,072 | 383,211 | 411,292 | 432,716 | 480,091 | 564,488 | 584,737 | 588,619 |
| disability pensions | 44,718 | 48,159 | 51,040 | 52,667 | 58,746 | 65,250 | 67,733 | 69,109 |
| widow's pensions | 21,686 | 22,659 | 23,654 | 25,208 | 27,485 | 30,870 | 31,658 | 31,790 |
| widower's pensions | 2,794 | 2,957 | 3,113 | 3,369 | 3,724 | 4,281 | 4,497 | 4,587 |
| orphan pensions | 3,208 | 3,522 | 3,841 | 4,193 | 4,847 | 5,456 | 5,935 | 6,016 |
Source: Czech Social Security Administration
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,896,973 | 2,897,527 | 2,881,424 | 2,857,644 | 2,844,180 | 2,845,583 | 2,847,699 | 2,829,884 |
| Old-age pension | 2,410,080 | 2,414,814 | 2,400,479 | 2,377,820 | 2,367,185 | 2,371,241 | 2,366,799 | 2,346,030 |
| Disability pension | 421,487 | 418,983 | 417,639 | 414,646 | 413,513 | 411,706 | 415,623 | 418,988 |
| Widow's single pension | 22,121 | 20,981 | 20,327 | 20,457 | 19,259 | 18,135 | 18,635 | 18,530 |
| Widower's single pension | 5,318 | 5,122 | 4,852 | 4,956 | 4,772 | 4,573 | 4,691 | 4,717 |
| Orphan pension | 37,967 | 37,627 | 38,127 | 39,765 | 39,451 | 39,928 | 41,951 | 41,619 |
Source: Czech Social Security Administration
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full old-age pension | 12,434 | 13,487 | 14,502 | 15,453 | 18,098 | 20,310 | 20,736 | 21,175 |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 3rd degree | 11,059 | 11,905 | 12,726 | 13,422 | 15,633 | 17,014 | 17,325 | 17,636 |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 2nd degree | 7,205 | 7,923 | 8,532 | 8,942 | 10,444 | 11,412 | 11,704 | 11,953 |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 1st degree | 6,207 | 6,851 | 7,366 | 7,642 | 8,887 | 9,685 | 9,906 | 10,103 |
| Widow's pension | 8,029 | 8,866 | 9,529 | 10,024 | 11,681 | 12,724 | 13,044 | 13,281 |
| Widower's pension | 7,137 | 7,898 | 8,551 | 9,004 | 10,537 | 11,529 | 11,847 | 12,145 |
| Orphan pension | 6,351 | 7,058 | 7,636 | 8,004 | 9,365 | 10,268 | 10,554 | 10,798 |
*of single pension paid in December of a given year
Source: Czech Social Security Administration