National and guarantee pensions supplement small earnings-related pensions

For the majority of retirees living in Finland, the earnings-related pension is the main source of income. The pension can consist of different components: the earnings-related pension, the national pension, the guarantee pension and a pension from abroad.

If you have earned no or only a small earnings-related pension, you may get a national pension.

The full national pension (old-age pension in the form of a national pension) is 775.70 euros per month (2024). If you are married or live in a domestic partnership or a registered partnership, your full national pension is 692.54 euros (2024).

The national pension is reduced as your earnings-related pension grows. The national pension is payable at its full amount only if you receive no earnings-related pensions or if their combined amount before taxes is 65.62 euros per month or less. To get a national pension, you have to be covered by Finnish social security. You must also have lived in Finland for at least 3 years since your 16th birthday.

When the earnings-related pension reaches a certain level the national pension is no longer granted. Earnings-related pension which no longer entitles to a national pension is 1 601.21 per month. If you are married or live in a domestic partnership or a registered partnership the amount is 1 434.88 euros.

Read more about old-age pension in the form of a national pension on Kela’s website

The guarantee pension offers you a minimum pension. All other pensions that you receive in Finland and from abroad affect the amount of the guarantee pension that you may receive. As for earnings-related pensions, any old-age, disability, years-of-service and survivor’s pension you may receive under the earnings-related pension system affect the amount of your guarantee pension. You will get the full guarantee pension of €976.59 (2024) only if you do not receive any other pensions.

Read more about who may qualify for a guarantee pension on Kela’s website

Total pension: Examples of national and guarantee pensions

In the following examples, the national pension and the guarantee pension have been calculated under the assumption that all earnings-related pension income reduces the national pension.

The earnings-related pension has been adjusted with the life expectancy coefficient. The total pension is combined earnings-related, national and guarantee pensions that they receive per month. Taxes have been calculated assuming that the person’s monthly income has been of the same amount throughout the year.

Earnings-related pension e/monthNational pension e/monthGuarantee pension e/monthTotal pension e/monthNet pension e/monthTaxes and contributions e/monthTaxes and contributions % of gross pension
077620197797700
10075911897797700
2007096897797700
3006591897797700
40060901009100900
50055901059105900
60050901109110900
700459011591147111
800409012091177312,6
900359012591207524,1
1000309013091236725,5
1100259013591266936,8
12002090140912951138
13001590145913251349,2
140010901509135415410,2
15005901559138417511,2
1800001800152927115,1
2100002100173436617,4
2400002400192547519,8
3000003000230369723,2
40000040002852114828,7

Example table: Single pensioner at age 65 in 2024 (Excel, xlsx)

Taxes and comparable payments have been calculated according to the final taxation in 2023. The municipal tax rate is 7.46 and the pensioner’s medical care contribution is 1.48. The Church tax rate has been excluded from the calculation.

A public service broadcasting tax of 2.50 per cent, or a maximum of 163 euros per year, is levied on the pension. The taxation has been calculated assuming that the person has no other income than the earnings-related, national and guarantee pensions.

Earnings-related pensions also include components which do not reduce the national pension. They include, for example, the increase for late retirement.

National pensions and guarantee pensions drawn before the age of 65 are reduced for early retirement by 0.40 per cent per month taken early.

Earnings-related pension e/monthNational pension e/monthGuarantee pension e/monthTotal pension e/monthNet pension e/monthTaxes and contributions e/monthTaxes and contributions % of gross pension
069328497797700
10067520197797700
20062515197797700
30057510197797700
4005255197797700
500475097597500
60042501025102500
70037501075107500
80032501125112500
900275011751158181,5
1000225012251187383,1
1100175012751217594,6
1200125013251246796
1300750137512761007,2
1400250142513051208,4
1500001500134915110
1800001800152927115,1
2100002100173436617,4
2400002400192547519,8
3000003000230369723,2
40000040002852114828,7

Example table: Married or cohabiting pensioner at age 65 in 2024 (Excel, xlsx)

Taxes and comparable payments have been calculated according to the final taxation in 2023. The municipal tax rate is 7.46 and the pensioner’s medical care contribution is 1.48. The Church tax rate has been excluded from the calculation.

A public service broadcasting tax of 2.50 per cent, or a maximum of 163 euros per year, is levied on the pension. The taxation has been calculated assuming that the person has no other income than the earnings-related, national and guarantee pensions.

Earnings-related pensions also include components which do not reduce the national pension. They include, for example, the increase for late retirement.

National pensions and guarantee pensions drawn before the age of 65 are reduced for early retirement by 0.40 per cent per month taken early.

For more information on the national and the guarantee pensions, contact the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela).