Definition: Old-age and survivors' pensions

Category: Social statistics

Old-age and survivors' pensions cover pensions or benefits relating to old-age or retirement from the following schemes: basic (first pillar), supplementary (second pillar), personal (third pillar), means tested welfare, early retirement and other old-age related schemes. It also includes widow's pension from the three pillars and from the means tested welfare scheme, and other widow's benefits, and orphan's pensions or allowances.