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