Social security of women and men
Full old-age pension recipients incl. pensions paid simultneouly with widow’s or widower’s pensions – women
Publication date: 15. 03. 2024
December 2023
1,407,009
Full old-age pension recipients incl. pensions paid simultneouly with widow’s or widower’s pensions – men
Publication date: 15. 03. 2024
December 2023
955,151
Average monthly old-age solo pension – women
Publication date: 15. 03. 2024
December 2023
CZK 19,095
Average monthly old-age solo pension – men
Publication date: 15. 03. 2024
December 2023
CZK 21,610
Data and time series
Women and men – pension recipients as at 31. 12.*)
Territory: Česká republika
Period: 2016-2023
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pension recipients total | women | 1,721,438 | 1,717,160 | 1,713,384 | 1,708,994 | 1,693,444 | 1,678,752 | 1,667,251 | 1,662,531 |
| men | 1,171,031 | 1,178,803 | 1,183,589 | 1,188,533 | 1,187,980 | 1,178,892 | 1,176,929 | 1,183,052 | |
| Full old-age solo pension recipients | women | 1,460,422 | 1,458,157 | 1,456,115 | 1,453,153 | 1,436,866 | 1,421,344 | 1,410,848 | 1,407,009 |
| men | 926,010 | 937,360 | 946,004 | 953,890 | 955,838 | 948,482 | 948,007 | 955,151 | |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 1st degree | women | 84,438 | 86,699 | 89,203 | 91,452 | 94,502 | 96,467 | 98,567 | 99,498 |
| men | 79,482 | 79,378 | 79,066 | 78,889 | 78,532 | 78,117 | 78,346 | 77,596 | |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 2nd degree | women | 34,143 | 35,549 | 36,613 | 37,596 | 38,921 | 39,610 | 40,146 | 40,666 |
| men | 36,888 | 37,159 | 37,497 | 37,682 | 37,705 | 37,630 | 37,666 | 37,537 | |
| Disability pension for the disability of the 3rd degree | women | 89,249 | 86,806 | 83,987 | 81,104 | 78,349 | 75,835 | 73,820 | 72,249 |
| men | 101,588 | 98,651 | 95,121 | 92,260 | 89,630 | 86,987 | 84,968 | 84,160 | |
| Widow’s/widower’s solo pension recipients | women | 25,387 | 23,676 | 22,121 | 20,981 | 20,327 | 20,457 | 19,259 | 18,135 |
| men | 5,917 | 5,590 | 5,318 | 5,122 | 4,852 | 4,956 | 4,772 | 4,573 | |
| Orphan pension recipients | women | 20,540 | 19,662 | 19,359 | 19,208 | 19,388 | 20,253 | 20,035 | 20,295 |
| men | 19,455 | 18,860 | 18,608 | 18,419 | 18,739 | 19,512 | 19,416 | 19,633 |
*) Source: Czech Social Security Administration; full old-age pension recipients are listed in total (incl. pensions paid simultaneously with widow’s or widower’s pensions) and solo, disability pension recipients are listed in total
Among the recipients of old-age pensions, women have long been outnumbered, but the difference is gradually decreasing. Women accounted for 59.6% of the total number of 2.36 million recipients of a full old-age pension, including pensions paid simultaneously with widow's or widower's pension, in 2023. While men received an average solo old-age pension of 21,610 CZK in December 2023, the average pension of women was 2,515 CZK lower. Women's disability pensions also lag behind men's pensions.