Life expectancy in Poland drops to 2008 level
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In terms of life expectancy, in 2020 we went back by about 12 years, to the levels of 2008, says Łukasz Kozłowski, chief economist of the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs (FPP).
“Due to the huge number of deaths due to Covid-19, the life expectancy of 60-year-olds decreased by 13.8 months, and 65-year-olds by 13.3 months. This is the result of the life expectancy table prepared by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), which ZUS will use to calculate pensions,” the economist wrote on Twitter.
However, the decline in life expectancy is not a new problem – it has only intensified now, but we have been struggling with it for several years.
As the economist adds, the indirect effect of this decline is an extraordinary, pandemic increase in benefits for pensioners applying for benefits from April 1. "A woman (60) will gain an average of 5.6 percent, and a man (65) a 6.5 percent higher pension," Kozłowski reported.
"This is due to the fact that the amount of the pension is determined by dividing the saved contributions by the life expectancy. The shorter it is, the higher the pension," he explained.
