Table 3: Type of pension regime and funding of pensions in European countries (approx. 1989/90) |
| Country | Type of regime | Funding of pensions | |||
| Contribution of civil servants to | Contribution of the state/employer | ||||
| their own pensions | surviving dependents pensions | ||||
| Austria | Statutory Regime | 10.00% | Budgeting |
||
| Belgium | Statutory Regime | Zero |
7.50% |
Budgeting |
|
| Denmark | Regime guaranteed by constitution | Zero |
zero |
Budgeting |
|
| France | Statutory Regime | 8.90% | Budgeting |
||
| Federal Republic of Germany | Statutory Regime | Fictitious |
fictitious |
Budgeting |
|
| Greece | Statutory Regime | Zero |
zero |
Budgeting |
|
| Ireland | Statutory Regime | Fictitious |
1.50% |
Budgeting |
|
| Italy | Statutory Regime | 6.95% (since 1991: 7.15%) | Budgeting |
||
| Luxembourg | Statutory Regime | Zero |
zero |
Budgeting |
|
| The Netherlands | Statutory Regime | 15.29% (=average
for both pension contributions) |
Pension fund |
||
| Portugal | Statutory Regime | 6.50% |
1.50% |
Budgeting |
|
| Spain | Statutory Regime | 3.86% |
Budgeting |
||
| Switzerland | Statutory Regime | 8.67%
(=average for both pension contributions) |
Pension fund
(Eidg. Versicherungskasse |
||
| United Kingdom | Statutory Regime | Fictitious |
1.50% |
Budgeting |
|
| EU | Statutory Regime | 6.75%
|
Budgeting |
||
Source: Neyens and Koob 1992, 3 (altered).