Ukrainian pensioners: statistics and pension increases

In early April 2024, Ukraine had 10.2 million pensioners

According to RBC-Ukraine, referring to the press service of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU), of which 2.7 million continued to work.

The average pension amount was 5,743.27 hryvnias

For working pensioners, it was slightly higher at 6,094.28 hryvnias.

This year, the average payment for working pensioners increased by 7.7%

Which amounts to 433.23 hryvnias.

The structure of pension recipients:

  • by age — 72.95%
  • disability pensions — 14.99%
  • survivor pensions — 6.26%
  • for length of service — 5.20%
  • social pensions — 0.56%
  • lifelong support for judges — 0.04%

The automatic recalculation of pensions affected 654 thousand working pensioners

This was based on the length of service acquired during the last two years. The recalculation depends on the length of insurance and the salary used to calculate the pension.

Pension payments will be increased in June 2024

Due to the automatic recalculation after information on the payment of the unified social contribution in the 1st quarter is received. Reports will be sent in May, and no personal request for recalculation is required as it is done automatically.