Average number of pensioners, down 6,000 in Q3, 2018

The average number of pensioners was 5.201 million people in Q3, 20108, down 6,000 as compared to the previous quarter, and the average number of pensioners under the public social security system amounted to 4.683 million, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday. 

The average monthly pension amounted to 1,222 lei (rd 265 euro, ed. n.), up 8.9 percent as compared to the previous quarter. The average public social security system pension stood at 1,180 lei, and the ratio between the average net nominal pension under the public social security system for average old age and full length of service (without tax and without health insurance contribution) and the average net earnings was 53.3 percent (as compared to 48.2 percent in Q2). 

According to INS, the social insurance pensioners hold the largest share (99.9 pct) in the total number of pensioners. The state social insurance pensioners represent 90.1 pct of the total social security benefits. By categories of pensions, the number of old age pensioners held the largest share (76.8 pct) within the number of social insurance pensioners. The anticipated and partial anticipated categories of pensioners represented 2.1 pct. 

The overall ratio of the average number of state social insurance pensioners and that of employees is 9 to 10. There are significant discrepancies according to territorial profile, from merely 5 pensioners to 10 employees in Bucharest, to 17 pensioners to 10 employees in southern Teleorman county, 15 to 10 in Giurgiu and Vaslui counties and 14 to 10 in Botosani and Calarasi counties, INS specifies.