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13.5.2025 News

Statistics: Number of partial old-age pension recipients in Finland doubled in a few years

In 2024, 31,000 partial old-age pensions started. Partial old-age pensions are used both to ease the financial situation and to reduce the workload.

28.4.2025 Press releases

More than half of working-age people save for retirement, especially young people

Private savings for retirement have increased significantly over the past decade. According to a comprehensive survey by the Finnish Centre for Pensions, more than half of people aged 25–67 are saving or have saved for retirement in 2024.

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Blogs

8.5.2025 Monika Sievänen

Who is considered an employee and who is self-employed?

Many people are unclear about how employment should be insured. The situation is clear from the point of view of earnings-related pension law: people who carry out work for pay are insured either as employees or as self-employed.

Collaborative blogs.
21.3.2025 Kati Kuitto

ETK Pension Research Forum debuts with new evidence on pension reforms

The Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK) hosted its first Pension Research Forum in March 2025, marking a milestone in our ongoing efforts to promote international collaboration in pension research.

Earlier blog posts

Themes

Reforming earnings-related pensions

The Finnish Government and labour market organisations reflect on measures to reform the Finnish earnings-related pension scheme. The reform and the suggested measures are prepared in two working groups consisting of representatives of the social partners, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Finance. We have compiled data on the themes relating to the pension reform. The website 2025 Pension reform contains information on, for example, the pension reform working groups.

News and press releases

13.5.2025 News

Statistics: Number of partial old-age pension recipients in Finland doubled in a few years

28.4.2025 Press releases

More than half of working-age people save for retirement, especially young people

23.4.2025 Press releases

International investment performance of pension funds: Finnish funds securing top positions 

15.4.2025 News

Social security insurance contributions in Finland – Updated guidelines in different languages

9.4.2025 News

How much pension do you get for your pension contributions? Comparison between Finland, Sweden and Germany

On pensions elsewhere

14.5.2025 Telp.fi

Tulorekisterilakiin muutoksia – tulonsaajalle oikeus vaatia tietojen oikaisua Tulorekisteriyksiköltä 

9.5.2025 Telp.fi

Lepäämislaille ehdotetaan jatkoa vuoden 2026 loppuun asti 

8.5.2025 Telp.fi

Muutoksia työeläkeyhtiöiden hallinnon ja johdon pätevyys- ja kelpoisuusvaatimuksiin

5.5.2025 Telp.fi

TyEL-vakuutusmaksukorko 2,10 prosenttia 1.7.2025 alkaen

29.4.2025 Telp.fi

Puoliväliriihi: Hallitus aikoo uudistaa yrittäjien eläketurvaa – eläkemaksu perustuisi jatkossa todellisiin tuloihin 

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