methods, notes and classification Expenditure on pensions methods, notes and classification

The 'Pensions' aggregate comprises part of periodic cash benefits under the disability, old-age, survivors and unemployment functions. It is defined as the sum of the following social benefits: disability pension, early-retirement due to reduced capacity to work, old-age pension, anticipated old-age pension, partial pension, survivors' pension, early-retirement benefit for labour market reasons.

    • Unit of measure
      • 00 Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)
    • Means testing
      • 0 Total
    • Pension type
      • 0 Total
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
      • 001 Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
      • 002 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
      • 003 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
      • 004 Belgium
      • 005 Bulgaria
      • 006 Czechia
      • 007 Denmark
      • 008 Germany
      • 009 Estonia
      • 00a Ireland
      • 00b Greece
      • 00c Spain
      • 00d France
      • 00e Croatia
      • 00f Italy
      • 00g Cyprus
      • 00h Latvia
      • 00i Lithuania
      • 00j Luxembourg
      • 00k Hungary
      • 00l Malta
      • 00m Netherlands
      • 00n Austria
      • 00o Poland
      • 00p Portugal
      • 00q Romania
      • 00r Slovenia
      • 00s Slovakia
      • 00t Finland
      • 00u Sweden
      • 00v Iceland
      • 00w Norway
      • 00x Switzerland
      • 00y United Kingdom
      • 00z Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • 010 Montenegro
      • 011 North Macedonia
      • 012 Albania
      • 013 Serbia
      • 014 Türkiye
      • 015 Kosovo*