Albanians, discrimination in pensions

“There are only two states that have a greater pension age than 65 years, Norway and Iceland.  It is impossible to compare the Albanian reality with the reality of these two countries”, declared Gjergj Filipi from the institute “Agenda”.

“Albanians live less than citizens of other developed countries. Due to the high pension age, a male in Albania benefits today 14.5 years of pension, while the average in developed countries it is 18.5. But the government is turning the 14.5 years of pension to 9.5, half of the years, compared to European citizens, where we are aiming to integrate. It is unreasonable, in the context of equality”, says Filipi.

If the pension age increases to 70 years, a male pensioner would benefit only 7 years of pension, and women 12. Gjergj Filipi says that this would discourage the contribution scheme and will raise informality.

“If you tell people that they will work for 50 years and will live 9 years with that pension, then you urge them to not pay the contributions anymore, because it doesn’t seem worthy”, Filipi says.

Studies show that by 2050, Albania will have more than 20% of the population more than 65 years old.

These persons should benefit from the pension scheme, now sustained by the state budget revenues. The expert of social matters, Fadil Kep explained that today there are 570.000 pensioners in Albania, for whom there is a financial bill of 80 billion ALL. Albania has 650.000 people who pay insurances, a total of 45 billion. The other part of the money is compensated by the state budget.

Top Channel