Beneficiaries and benefits

Beneficiaries

Pension beneficiaries (at the closing date)
Old-age pensions	869 722
Disability pensions	111 883
Children's pensions	43 666
Surviving spouses' pensions	192 806
Orphans' pensions	14 821
Beneficiaries of regulatory lump-sum payments
at retirement	51 214
in the event of death or disability	6 329
Beneficiairies of vested benefits and withdrawals	771 262

Source: FSO — Pension fund statistics 2021

Growth in the number of old-age pension beneficiaries is slightly higher than in the previous survey (+3.2%).
Compared with 2020, the number of disability pension beneficiaries decreased very slightly (-0.1%) to 111 883.
At the end of 2021, 192 806 persons received CHF 3.9 billion in the form of a surviving spouse's pension.

Benefits

Pensions (at the closing date)
Old-age pensions	24 585
Disability pensions	1 939
Children's pensions	192
Surviving spouses' pensions	3 947
Orphans' pensions	97
Regulatory lump-sum payments
at retirement	11 305
in the event of death or disability	1 034
Vested benefits and withdrawals	45 556

in CHF million Source: FSO — Pension fund statistics 2021

Since the end of 2016 the total of all current pensions has increased almost linearly, reaching CHF 30.8 billion by the end of 2021.
Current old-age pensions increased by 2.0% to CHF 24,6 billion.
The annual average old-age pensions amounted to CHF 28 268 per person at the end of the year under review (2020: CHF 28 618).

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