pensão social de velhice
Published 8 November 2026, 22:23
pensão social de velhice (social old-age pension)
An old-age pension for people who paid almost no contributions and are not entitled to the standard pension: it is paid from the non-contributory scheme, based on age and on income below a set threshold. Recipients automatically received the extraordinary solidarity supplement as well.
Where you come across it. An elderly person with no contribution record in Portugal; discussions of the very lowest pensions.
From 31 December 2026 it is replaced by the single social benefit: recipients are transferred to the PSU automatically, their current amount is guaranteed, it is still paid in fourteen instalments a year and it rises in line with ordinary pensions (Article 57(2) and (6) of Decree-Law 166/2026). Decree-Law 464/80, under which the pension existed, is repealed by the same law.
Official website: seg-social.pt