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Retirement: pensions and benefits in Greece
The benefits that may apply to you in this situation. Each page explains amounts, eligibility and how to apply, with a link to the official source.
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- Annual November Support for Pensioners, People with Disabilities and Uninsured Elderly (Article 72, Law 5217/2025)Searched in Greek as «επίδομα Νοεμβρίου»
- Uninsured Elderly AllowanceSearched in Greek as «επίδομα υπερηλίκων»
- Absolute disability allowance (constant-attendance supplement)Searched in Greek as «επίδομα απολύτου αναπηρίας»
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Aggregation of Insurance Periods for EU Pensions (Regulation 883/2004)
Insured people who have worked in more than one EU/EEA country and do not complete the minimum insurance period on their own in any single country
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Other Paths to a Pension
Heavy/unhealthy professions, OGA, established (vested) rights, NAT, mother-of-many-children pension, national pension — paths that need a personal check, not an automatic yes/no.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Income Tax Exemption for Persons with Disability 80%+
Employees and pensioners with a disability rate of at least 80% (certified by KEPA or the health committee of a social insurance body)
Body: ΑΑΔΕ
Help at Home
Free home care services for older people and people with disabilities.
Body: Πύλη Οικογενειακής Πολιτικής — Βοήθεια στο Σπίτι
DYPA special programme hiring 1,500 unemployed people aged 57+ in the public health sector
18-month full-time jobs in Ministry of Health bodies and public hospitals for registered unemployed people aged 57-74 who completed an earlier 55+ programme in health, so they can complete the insurance years needed for a pension.
Body: ΔΥΠΑ
Form S1: Healthcare in the EU Country Where You Live
If you are insured or a pensioner in one EU/EEA country, Switzerland or the United Kingdom and live in another, form S1 gives you healthcare in the country where you live.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ — Φορητό έγγραφο S1
Extra-institutional (home-care) allowance for severely disabled pensioners
e-EFKA old-age/disability/survivor's pensioners (except civil servants, other than TAKE) with paraplegia-quadriplegia, myasthenia-myopathy, multiple sclerosis, amputations, etc. at a disability rate of 67%+ (80%+ for some conditions)
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Uninsured Elderly Allowance
Monthly allowance of up to €418.95 for uninsured citizens aged 67 and over who do not qualify for a pension and meet the income and other criteria.
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ — Επίδομα Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης Ανασφάλιστων Υπερηλίκων
Absolute disability allowance (constant-attendance supplement)
e-EFKA pensioners (old-age, disability or survivor's pension) who need the constant attendance of another person because of a severe disability
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Housing Assistance Allowance for Uninsured Elderly
Uninsured elderly people aged 67 or over (or couples where one partner is 67+) who rent their main residence
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
Annual November Support for Pensioners, People with Disabilities and Uninsured Elderly (Article 72, Law 5217/2025)
An annual tax-free amount of €300, protected from seizure, paid automatically without an application by 30 November to pensioners, recipients of disability benefits and uninsured elderly people (article 72 of Law 5217/2025, as amended by article 17 of Law 5313/2026).
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ / ΟΠΕΚΑ / Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Lifetime honorary payment for those who took part in the Cyprus events (1964, 1967, 1974)
Lifetime monthly honorary payment of €200 to conscripts, reserve officers, Armed Forces staff and Greek citizens who served in the Cyprus National Guard and took part in the events of 1964, 1967 or 20 July–20 August 1974. Granted on application with a certificate of participation.
Body: ΜΙΤΟΣ — Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών (βεβαίωση συμμετοχής: ΥΠΕΘΑ ή Εθνική Φρουρά Κύπρου)
Open Care Centres for the Elderly (KAPI)
Elderly registered citizens of the municipality (dimótes), with no income criterion for registration in the general case
Day Care Centres for the Elderly (KIFI)
Older people who cannot fully look after themselves or need more care, and who live alone or in social isolation.
Body: Δήμος
KLIK ZOIS — Free Telecare Service for Independent Living of the Elderly and People with Disabilities (Central Macedonia Region)
An older person or a person with a disability, permanently resident in the Region of Central Macedonia.
Body: Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
ClickZois — Free 24h Telecare and Remote Monitoring for Older People and People with Disabilities (Region of Western Greece)
The Region of Western Greece provides a free device with a panic button, fall detection or location tracking, with 24-hour support from social workers and psychologists. It is for residents aged 60+ with health problems, or people with a disability of at least 50%, who live alone or without adequate support.
Body: Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας — Γενική Διεύθυνση Δημόσιας Υγείας και Κοινωνικής Μέριμνας
DYPA Social Tourism for e-EFKA (former OAEE self-employed) Pensioners
e-EFKA pensioner formerly insured with OAEE, who has paid the special annual contribution of €1. 2026-2027 cycle: applications 4-13 May 2026, use 10.06.2026-09.07.2027.
Body: ΔΥΠΑApplications closed
Reduced Old-Age Pension at 62 (4,500 days)
Reduced pension already at 62, if there is a recent insurance link — this is NOT an automatic right for everyone.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Income Tax Reduction for Donations
Your income tax is reduced by 20% of the donations you made in the year (40% for donations to public-benefit foundations and registered civil-society organisations), if they exceed €100.
Body: ΑΑΔΕ — Εγχειρίδιο Ερωτήσεων-Απαντήσεων φορολογίας εισοδήματος (Μάιος 2026), ερ. 25
Monthly dividend from the Armed Forces mutual funds (Army, Navy, Air Force)
Retired career military personnel who receive a main pension get a monthly dividend from their branch's mutual fund (Army, Navy or Air Force). After the death of the shareholder or dividend holder, the dividend passes to the eligible family members. The Army (EKOEMS) and the Navy (EKOEMN) also pay an extra monthly financial support.
Body: mitos.gov.gr — Εθνικό Μητρώο Διοικητικών Διαδικασιών (ΜΤΑ, ΜΤΣ, ΜΤΝ, ΕΚΟΕΜΣ, ΕΚΟΕΜΝ)
Vulnerable Electricity Customers Register (protection from disconnection, interest-free instalments)
People on the Vulnerable Customers Register (social-tariff (KOT) beneficiaries, households with a member who needs life-support equipment at home, people aged 70 or over on a low income) are protected from disconnection for arrears in July–August and November–March and have at least 40 days to pay their bill.
Body: Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας — Ειδικές κατηγορίες καταναλωτών
Full Old-Age Pension at 62 (12,000 days, no reduction)
Anyone who completes 12,000 days (40 years) of insurance gets a full pension already at 62, without the early-retirement reduction penalty.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Full Old-Age Pension at 67 (4,500 days)
The general rule: full old-age pension at 67, with at least 15 years (4,500 days) of insurance.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Under review(7)
This information has not been checked by us yet — please confirm it at the official source.
Article 5B ITC - Alternative Taxation for Foreign Pension Income (Relocating Pensioners)
Individuals who receive a pension from abroad and move their tax residence to Greece, under the conditions of article 5B.
Body: ΑΑΔΕUnder review
"Bridge" - full insurance-contribution coverage for long-term unemployed nearing pension eligibility
Long-term unemployed people close to qualifying for a pension who choose voluntary continuation of insurance
Body: ΔΥΠΑUnder review
Social Solidarity Allowance for Members of the Greek Minority in Albania
Monthly OPEKA allowance for uninsured older people aged 67 or over who are members of the Greek minority in Albania and live in Greece or permanently in Albania.
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑUnder review
Supplementary pension (e-EFKA)
A supplementary monthly pension on top of the main pension (old age, disability or death), for those insured with a supplementary fund merged into e-EFKA.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑUnder review
Lump-sum welfare benefit (e-EFKA)
A one-off lump-sum payment to a retiring insured person (old age or definitive disability) who was covered by a welfare/lump-sum fund merged into e-EFKA.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑUnder review
Home Care Programme for Pensioners (e-EFKA)
Old-age, disability and survivors' pensioners (former IKA / public sector) and uninsured elderly people of the former OGA, aged 78 or over, who live alone or with a spouse and have difficulty looking after themselves
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑUnder review
Pre-retirement cash benefit (former bank-sector pension funds)
A monthly benefit for people insured by 31/12/1992 with the former ETAT-TEAPETE, ETAT-TAPT and ETAT-LAK funds who had completed the insurance years of their fund's statute by 12/05/2016, until they receive a pension from their main fund.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑUnder review
Ended(1)
Rounds that have closed. Kept for reference; they no longer accept applications.
Digital Education & Empowerment Programme for Citizens 65+ and Persons with Disabilities
Citizens who have reached or will reach 65 within the year (born in or before 1961 for the 2026 cycle), and people with disabilities
Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής ΣυνοχήςEnded