Age and Sickness Absorbed More than 75% of Social Benefits

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Pension expenditure amounts to more than EUR 37 billion, 56% of the total social protection benefits. Velhice continues to be the most significant category and revenues have increased.

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Portugal spends more than the average of European Union countries on old-age pensions, but less on support for illness, family, housing and social exclusion.

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Old age and disease absorbed more than 75% of social benefits, revealed today the National Institute of Statistics (INE), by disseminating the data of the System of Integrated Statistics of Social Protection for 2024.