Produced by: Kela – The Social Insurance Institution of Finland

Web page: Statistics on pension assistance

The pension assistance is a multi-year, comprehensive benefit to secure the subsistence of persons covered by the benefit before they retire on an old-age pension.

Data content

Recipients of pension assistance at the statistical reference time point, amount of the assistance, and benefit expenditure in EUR during the reference period.

Classifications used

The statistics use general demographic classifications and general regional classifications.

Data collection methods and data sources

This statistic is compiled from individual-level datasets. They are produced from the benefit system for pension assistance.

Updating frequency

Published monthly and annually.

Time of completion or release

As a rule, statistics are made available in the Statistical Database Kelasto within four weeks of the end of the reference period. The publication dates can be found in the Publication calendar.

Time series

Statistics on the recipients and the payment of pension assistance are available starting from June 2017.

Keywords

Statistics (data), unemployed, long-term unemployed, pension assistance, pensions.

Statistical units

Recorded as recipients are persons who have received regular payments of pension assistance in the reference period.

The data on pension assistance expenditures include all benefit payments made during the reference period, including both regular payments and amounts recovered or repaid.

The average amount of pension assistance only includes assistance paid out regularly.

Variables describing recipients of pension assistance

Age

Recorded as age at the end of the reference period.

Region

Recorded as the municipality of permanent residence at the end of the reference period.