In the South, 22.5% of pensioners receive between 500 and one thousand euros per month

The highest share of pensioners with lower incomes is concentrated in the South: 22.5% receive an amount in the range between 500 and one thousand euros per month, compared to 16.5% in the Center and 14% in the North. Again in the South, 12.8% receive less than 500 euros per month, compared to 8.8% in the Center and 6.2% in the North.

According to the INPS pension register for 2025, there are 16,405,073 beneficiaries of pension benefits (+0.6% compared to 2024), with an average of 1.4 pensions per person, even of different types. 68% receive only one benefit, while 32% receive two or more. The benefits of the Italian pension system in force as of 12.31.2025 are 23,181,898 (+0.7% compared to 2024), for a total annual amount of 372,450 million euros (+2.3% compared to 2024).

At a territorial level, the northern regions concentrate the main share of pensions (47.2%) and pensioners (47.6%), with average amounts 7.2% higher than the national average. Overall pension expenditure is distributed 51% in the North, 28% in the South and 21% in Central Italy.

Pensioners with incomes between 1,500 and 2,000 euros per month are more numerous in the North, with a share of around 4.5 percentage points higher than in the South and around 2 points higher than in the Centre. Even more marked is the gap in the class over 2 thousand euros: in the South the share is equal to 30%, while it exceeds 41% in the Center and 44% in the North. Overall, the INPS pension register highlights a greater concentration of the lowest pension incomes in the South and the highest ones in the northern and central regions, the result of different working careers.

53% of pensions have a monthly amount of less than 1,000 euros, while the share of pensioners with a pension income below the same threshold drops to 27.5%, mainly due to the cumulative effect of multiple payments.