Czech pensions paid in 2017 grew to 404 billion crowns - stats

The Czech Social Security Administration (CSSZ) disbursed pensions totalling 404 billion crowns in 2017, which was about ten billion crowns more year-on-year, CSSZ spokeswoman Jana Buranova told CTK today. The average pension increased by 390 crowns to 11,850 crowns. There were 2,895,963 pensioners in total at the end of 2017, of whom 424,242 were receiving the disability pension and 67,788 people were only receiving the survivor's pension (such as widow's and widower's pension) in the Czech Republic with a population of 10.5 million.