Pensions
In 2023, CZK 670 billion was allocated for pensions paid by the Czech Social Security Administration. By the end of 2023, some pension was received by 2,846 thousand people in Czechia, of which 2,371 thousand people received an old-age pension. The average amount of old-age pension increased interannually by CZK 2,212 to CZK 20,310. The proportion of people who were granted an old-age pension before reaching retirement age (the so-called early old-age pension) reached 31% of all recipients of full old-age pensions.
Expenditure on pensions
Publication date: 22. 04. 2024
Year 2023
670,351 CZK million
Pension recipients
Publication date: 22. 04. 2024
as of 31.12. 2023
2,845,583
Average monthly amount of old-age pension
Publication date: 22. 04. 2024
December 2023
CZK 20,310
Percentage of early old-age pensions
Publication date: 22. 04. 2024
Year 2023
31.0%
Data and time series
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Total | 389,167 | 404,368 | 423,478 | 460,508 | 507,631 | 518,384 | 574,905 | 670,351 |
old-age pensions | 316,710 | 333,760 | 351,072 | 383,211 | 411,292 | 432,716 | 480,091 | 564,488 |
disability pensions | 42,488 | 43,574 | 44,718 | 48,159 | 51,040 | 52,667 | 58,746 | 65,250 |
widow's pensions | 20,667 | 21,191 | 21,686 | 22,659 | 23,654 | 25,208 | 27,485 | 30,870 |
widower's pensions | 2,587 | 2,690 | 2,794 | 2,957 | 3,113 | 3,369 | 3,724 | 4,281 |
orphan pensions | 3,152 | 3,145 | 3,208 | 3,522 | 3,841 | 4,193 | 4,847 | 5,456 |
Source: Czech Social Security Administration
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Total | 2,892,469 | 2,895,963 | 2,896,973 | 2,897,527 | 2,881,424 | 2,857,644 | 2,844,180 | 2,845,583 |
Old-age pension | 2,395,382 | 2,403,933 | 2,410,080 | 2,414,814 | 2,400,479 | 2,377,820 | 2,367,185 | 2,371,241 |
Disability pension | 425,788 | 424,242 | 421,487 | 418,983 | 417,639 | 414,646 | 413,513 | 411,706 |
Widow's single pension | 25,387 | 23,676 | 22,121 | 20,981 | 20,327 | 20,457 | 19,259 | 18,135 |
Widower's single pension | 5,917 | 5,590 | 5,318 | 5,122 | 4,852 | 4,956 | 4,772 | 4,573 |
Orphan pension | 39,995 | 38,522 | 37,967 | 37,627 | 38,127 | 39,765 | 39,451 | 39,928 |
Source: Czech Social Security Administration
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Full old-age pension | 11,475 | 11,866 | 12,434 | 13,487 | 14,502 | 15,453 | 18,098 | 20,310 |
Disability pension for the disability of the 3rd degree | 10,395 | 10,655 | 11,059 | 11,905 | 12,726 | 13,422 | 15,633 | 17,014 |
Disability pension for the disability of the 2nd degree | 6,745 | 6,922 | 7,205 | 7,923 | 8,532 | 8,942 | 10,444 | 11,412 |
Disability pension for the disability of the 1st degree | 5,883 | 5,998 | 6,207 | 6,851 | 7,366 | 7,642 | 8,887 | 9,685 |
Widow's pension | 7,446 | 7,677 | 8,029 | 8,866 | 9,529 | 10,024 | 11,681 | 12,724 |
Widower's pension | 6,551 | 6,815 | 7,137 | 7,898 | 8,551 | 9,004 | 10,537 | 11,529 |
Orphan pension | 5,874 | 6,078 | 6,351 | 7,058 | 7,636 | 8,004 | 9,365 | 10,268 |
*of single pension paid in December of a given year
Source: Czech Social Security Administration