ZUS reveals data on pensions: In February 2025, seniors got on average PLN 3,958.67 pensions. This is slightly more than in January, when the average amount of this benefit was at the level of PLN 3,948.91. IN March Due to the fact that it was the month in which pensions They have been valorized by 5.5 percent, the benefit should be much higher.
How much do seniors get on average? ZUS in the Bulletin “Monthly information about selected cash benefits” regularly publishes data on the average amount of pensions. They are already full of data for 2024. Thanks to this, we can find out that at the beginning of the previous year the seniors received an average of PLN 3,481.24 of pensions, and after the March indexation the average amount The benefits increased to PLN 3,945.36. And at this level she persisted until February this year. Let's note that in December 2024 the average amount of this benefit was at the level of PLN 3,943.01. The difference of the month to month is minimal.
Pensions in 2024: Social Insurance Fund (FUS) recently summed up last year, so you could find out that The average payment of the pension benefit in the previous year amounted to PLN 3,735.34. Compared to 2023 it was an increase of 14.2 percent.
More and more pensioners: WITH the latest data shows that in February 2025. About 6.35 million people receive retirement benefits. Relative to December 2024, the number of seniors who receive the benefit decreased by approx. 9,000. people. On the other hand, if we compare February 2025 with February 2024, we will see that the number of pensioners increased from 6.26 million people to the aforementioned 6.35 million people. This is an increase of almost 100,000 seniors.
How much does ZUS spend on retirement? The amount that was paid to all pensioners from January to February this year is PLN 50.2 billion. Expenses every month break down almost equally. In January, PLN 25.07 billion was spent on benefits, and in February PLN 25.14 billion. This is significantly more than in the same period of the previous year. Then, during the first two months of the year, PLN 43.66 billion was spent on retirement. This broke up in such a way that in January PLN 21.74 billion was spent in February PLN 21.87 billion. After valorisation, monthly expenses increased to approx. PLN 25 billion. We can expect a similar jump when expenses on expenses will flow last month.
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Sources: “Monthly information about selected cash benefits“, Next, Gazeta.pl