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
      • 0 Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)
    • ESSPROS-means-testing
      • 0 Total
    • ESSPROS-pension type
      • 0 Total
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
      • 01 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
      • 02 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
      • 03 Belgium
      • 04 Bulgaria
      • 05 Czechia
      • 06 Denmark
      • 07 Germany
      • 08 Estonia
      • 09 Ireland
      • 0a Greece
      • 0b Spain
      • 0c France
      • 0d Croatia
      • 0e Italy
      • 0f Cyprus
      • 0g Latvia
      • 0h Lithuania
      • 0i Luxembourg
      • 0j Hungary
      • 0k Malta
      • 0l Netherlands
      • 0m Austria
      • 0n Poland
      • 0o Portugal
      • 0p Romania
      • 0q Slovenia
      • 0r Slovakia
      • 0s Finland
      • 0t Sweden
      • 0u Iceland
      • 0v Norway
      • 0w Switzerland
      • 0x United Kingdom
      • 0y Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • 0z Montenegro
      • 10 North Macedonia
      • 11 Albania
      • 12 Serbia
      • 13 Türkiye