UK pension compared to other EU countries
- State pension (basic and second) as a proportion of average working pay:
| Greece | 95.7% |
| Luxembourg | 88.3% |
| Netherlands | 81.9% |
| Spain | 81.2% |
| Denmark | 79.8% |
| Italy | 67.9% |
| Sweden | 62.1% |
| Average for the EU | 60% |
| France | 51.2% |
| Germany | 39.9% |
| Estonia | 32.9% |
| Ireland | 32.5% |
| UK | 30.8% |