Average pension in Ukraine rises by almost UAH 560 due to pension reform – social policy minister

The pension reform has allowed increasing the size of an average pension by about UAH 560 up to almost UAH 2,446.

Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Andriy Reva said this while speaking during the Hour of Questions to the Government in the Parliament, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"The average size of pensions after recalculation increases by UAH 559.78. If the average size in Ukraine before was UAH 1,886.78, now it makes an average of UAH 2,446.56," he said.

At the same time, Reva informed that pensions were raised for 10 million 238 thousand 859 pensioners out of the total number of pensioners, amounting to 11.7 million people.

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