Romanian pensions system at a glance: some equity comments

Figures & data

Figure 1. Share of average pension in the net average wage (%). Source: Calculation based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I

Figure 2. Distribution of pensioners before (January 2011 – J11) and after (January 2012 – J12) recalculation. Source: Calculation based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I

Table 1. Distribution of beneficiaries by main pension intervals (January 2012).

Pension Intervals	Number of Beneficiaries (% of total)
< 400 RON	18%
401–2000 RON	78%
> 2000 RON	4%

Source: Calculations based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I.

Figure 3. Net average pension at county level in March 2009 and May 2012. Source: calculations based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I

Figure 4. Nominal versus real average monthly pension at county level (January 2012). Source: calculations based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I

Table 2. Average pension and number of pensioners by region (March 2012).

Macro-Region	Micro-Region	Average pension (RON)	Number of pensioners
MR1	Centre	792	577,848
	North-West	727	395,675
MR2	North-East	710	493,213
	South-East	733	353,560
MR3	South Muntenia	707	493,213
	Bucuresti-Ilfov	846	562,273
MR4	South-West Oltenia	729	309,193
	West	811	452,653

Source: calculations based on data from National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, http://www.cnpas.org/portal/mediatype/html/language/ro/user/anon/page/default.psml/template/generic?url=%2Fcontent%2Fcnpas%2Fstatistics.html&title=Indicatori+statistici+pilon+I.