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The two largest pensions are worth nearly HUF 1.5 billion (EUR 4800)
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According to metropol.hu, while the average pension is HUF 108 thousand (EUR 350), 167 people get more then HUF 500 thousand (EUR 1600) a month.
Although the amount of the Hungarian average pension was HUF 107 874 (approx. EUR 350) in this November, more than half of the stakeholders – 1.1 million people of the little over 2 million old-age pensioners – live of less than HUF 100 thousand (EUR 322).
Quite many, 871 thousand people get HUF 100-250 thousand (EUR 322-806), they live on HUF 142 thousand (EUR 458) on average. A much fewer people, 33 thousand have a pension worth between HUF 250-500 thousand (EUR 806-1600), and there are only 167 pensioners who get a pension above 500 thousand forints.
Two people receive a provision above HUF 1 million (EUR 3225), and even though, according to the January data, the richest Hungarian pensioner got HUF 1.3 million (EUR 4190), the latest November data shows that the two richest Hungarian pensioners possibly receives an average of HUF 1 458 680 (EUR 4700).