As many as 680,425 recipients of pensions were on the list of the National House of Social Insurance (CNAS) by April 1. Before indexation, they got an average pension of 2,154 lei. In the municipality of Chisinau, the average pension was by 1,000 lei higher, while in Bălți was 2,573 lei, IPN reports.

According to the CNAS, most of the recipients got old-age pensions – 520,162. The average size of the old-age pension was 2,130 lei. The recipients of disability pensions totaled 117,245 and these received an average monthly pension of 1,516 lei.

Before April 1, 10,573 persons were entitled to the successor’s pension that represented 1,567 lei on average.

Average pensions of close to 10,000 lei were collected by 513 persons who included primarily civil aviation employees. Also, 1,627 participants in the Chernobyl cleanup got an average pension of 4,022 lei.

Anticipated old-age pensions were collected by 1,506 persons and the average size of this pension was 2,576 lei. Other categories of pensioners who totaled 27,991 received pensions of 5,236 lei on average.

The minimum old-age pension was 1,143 lei on average. The minimum disability pension varied depending on the disability degree: 571 lei for medium disability, 800 lei for accentuated disability and 857 lei for severe disability.