Many are the Portuguese who over time have left the country to seek better working conditions and a better quality of life abroad. France, Switzerland, Germany, the United States and Luxembourg are some of the most chosen destinations by the Portuguese when it comes to giving a new way to his life. The salaries are higher and, when renovating, many emigrants return to Portugal.
O, a Portuguese-speaking media agency and dedicated to emigrants in Luxembourg, made calculations to realize how much, on average, the grain paid to the Portuguese who worked there and returned to the country of origin after renovating.
Portuguese renovated who worked in Luxembourg receive a € 995 pension
However, in the first place, it should be noted that there are more than 20,000 Portuguese renovated to receive pensions from Luxembourg, 6,633 from which they returned to Portugal. According to the same source, each of the retired people who returned to Portugal receives about 995 euros per month of pension.
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In all, Luxembourg paid a total of 165,554 old age pensions in December 2024, an overall amount of 443.5 million euros.
Although in 2024 the minimum monthly pension for 40 years of quotrizations in Luxembourg was fixed at 2,244.82 euros, the average value of the reform of the Portuguese who worked in Luxembourg is much lower, since a vast majority of Portuguese are receiving the call migratory pension.
Many Portuguese receive a migratory pension
A large part of the Portuguese who lived in Luxembourg and now returned to Portugal receives a migratory pension, since they worked not only in the grain-ducked, but also in other countries. This means that your pensions are distributed among different social security systems. Therefore, note that the amounts paid by Luxembourg correspond only to the period when workers made discounts for the social security of the country.
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