Pension payments can be used to judge the level of social development of countries. Here are the figures for the size of the average pension in the countries of the former Soviet Union in 2021 and 2022. The figures are given in dollars.
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have lowest pension rates among the post-Soviet nations, while the Baltic states top the former Soviet republic in terms of pension rates.
The highest average pension has been reported in Estonia – US$651.00 in 2021 and US$640.00 in 2022,
Among the top five nations are also Lithuania (US$519.00 and US$526.00, respectively), Latvia (US$258.00 and US$500.00, respectively), Kazakhstan (US$222.00 and US$293.00, respectively), and Russia (US$227.00 and US$255.00, respectively).
Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are at the bottom of the list.
The lowest average pension has been reported in Tajikistan – US$28.00 in 2021 and US$34 in 2022.
In Uzbekistan the average pension was the same in 2021 and 2020 – US$70.00; in Kyrgyzstan – US$71.00 and US77.00, respectively, Georgia – US$77.00 and US$90.00 respectively, and Armenia – US$90.00 and US$112.00, respectively.
