70% of Ukrainians get pensions less than UAH 3000
27.12.2019 - 13:29
Seventy percent of pensioners in Ukraine receive a pension in the amount of up to UAH 3,000 (about USD 128). Seventy percent of pensioners in Ukraine receive a pension in the amount of up to UAH 3,000 (about USD 128).
"More than 11 million pensioners live in Ukraine: 70% of them receive pensions up to UAH 3,000, which is lower than the actual minimum subsistence level," Deputy Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Natalia Neniuchenko said in a video address posted on Facebook page of the Ministry of Social Policy.
The payments to about 1 million people are even lower and amount to UAH 1,500 a month, she specified.
Source: Ukrinform
