“We allow ourselves the luxury of retiring people at the top of their careers, paying many of them very high, and the vast majority of them are not motivated to return to the labor market,” Raiffeisen Bank’s chief economist said at a recent conference. . HotNews turned to official statistics on the countries with the most young retirees.

Below is a map with pensioners under 50 years of age. The figures on the graph reflect the share of pensioners aged 25-49 in the total population aged 25-49 in the county.

Note: Those who retire before the statutory retirement age are not all “special” pensioners. Among them are those who retire early or due to illness.

Hunedoara is the district with the largest share of young pensioners. In the age group of 45-49 years, for example, there are almost 2.5 thousand pensioners with 29 thousand permanent population (of the same age). More than 8% of the mass. Similarly, Hunedoara is also the headliner in the 40-44 age group.

Below is the same map, but in ranked form to make it easier to compare between counties (click image to enlarge)

The next places in the ranking are occupied by Buzeu, Vilcha, Prahova, Teleorman and Alt. At the opposite pole of the rating are Ilfov, Brasov and Botosani

If we take a closer look at the age groups, the “geography” of young pensioners will not change much.

The majority retire before reaching the age of 50 (age group 45-49). Hunedoara remains the leader, followed by Vilca, Buzeu and Maramures. At the opposite pole are Tulcea, Galatsi and Kovasna

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On the other hand, there are many people who work long after the age of 65. Last year there were around 150,000 people over 65 who continued to work to supplement their sources of income.