Statistics
The Finnish Centre for Pensions produces versatile statistics that describe the Finnish pension system. The statistics include information on pension recipients, persons insured under the earnings-related pension acts, pension expenditure, effective retirement ages, rehabilitation under the earnings-related pension scheme and the financing of earnings-related pensions.
We produce Official Statistics of Finland in the area of Social Protection.
Average monthly pension in Finland in 2024: €2,100
The average monthly pension for Finns continued to grow last year. In 2024, earnings-related pensions and pensions paid by Kela amounted to 39.1 billion euros.
Fewer Finns retire on disability pensions
The number of Finns retiring on disability pensions each year has remained relatively stable throughout the 2020s. In 2024, this number saw a slight decrease, marking the lowest in statistical history.
Effective retirement age continues to rise rapidly
Retirement age in Finland has risen rapidly this decade. The expected effective retirement age in 2024 was 63.1 years. The target set for 2025 has already been reached and passed by more than half a year.
Number of partial old-age pension recipients in Finland doubled in a few years
In 2024, 31,000 partial old-age pensions were started. This was the second highest number on record and 10,000 more than the previous year.
More and more Finns are choosing to work in Spain
In 2024, the Finnish Centre for Pensions granted 22,500 certificates on coverage by Finnish social security for work abroad. The number of applications for A1 certificates to Spain increased. The popularity of remote working abroad is one of the reasons for this growth.
Highest effective retirement age in Sweden - Finland among the top three
Sweden, Finland and Denmark stand out with the highest effective retirement ages in a comparison of the Nordic countries and Estonia. Although Finns have postponed retirement markedly in the 2010s, they still exit the labour market at the youngest age.
Discover Key Figures & Trends in Pensions
Explore the Key Figures webpage with the latest pension statistics presented in informative graphs and tables.
Statistical Database
Our statistical database offers time series of the statistics we produce here at the Finnish Centre for Pensions.
Earnings-related Pension System in Graphs and Figures
The slideshow includes key information of the Finnish earnings-related pension system. The Power Point slideshow may be downloaded free of charge.
Statistical publications
The Statistics series of the Finnish Centre for Pensions includes statistics of various pension areas. As a rule, the statistics are based on the registers of the earnings-related pension system.
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Statistics: Number of partial old-age pension recipients in Finland doubled in a few years
The interest of Finns in the partial old-age pension is growing year by year. According to the latest statistics from the Finnish Centre for Pensions, every third person born between 1959 and 1961 …
Average monthly pension in Finland in 2024: €2,100
In 2024, the average monthly pension of Finns was 2,100 euros (1,977 in 2023). The median pension was 1,848 euros per month. These data stem from recent statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions …