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Table 1 Total number or amounts of pensions and those paid abroad: 2004, 2010, and 2014

From: Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? A summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU member states

Austria
Numbers (Dec 31)	2004		2010		2014
	All pensions	Old-age pensions	All pensions	Old-age pensions	All pensions	Old-age pensions
Total	2,041,997	1,114,867	2,219,923	1,494,763	2,310,749	1,615,382
Paid abroad	225,662	128,396	257,062	172,212	273,035	118,484
In %	11.1 %	11.5 %	11.6 %	11.5 %	11.8 %	11.7 %
Germany
Numbers (Dec 31)	2004		2009		2013
	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions
Total	24,253,612	16,647,948	24,932,492	17,541,732	25,164,401	17,687,735
Paid abroad	1,385,244	930,146	1,577,562	1,094,328	1,724,688	1,219,670
In %	5.7 %	5.6 %	6.3 %	6.2 %	6.9 %	6.9 %
Belgium
Numbers (Jan 31)	2004		2010		2014
	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions
Total	1,727,310	n. a.	1,791,526	n. a.	1,938,773	n. a.
Paid abroad	164,243	n. a.	178,899	n. a.	190,477	n. a.
In %	9.5 %	n. a.	10.0 %	n. a.	9.8 %	n. a.
Amount in euro (in thousands)	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions
Total^b	1,314,388	n. a.	1,703,300	n. a.	2,000,523	n. a.
Paid abroad^b	53,358	n. a.	64,151	n. a.	78,783	n. a.
In %	4.1 %	n. a.	3.8 %	n. a.	3.9 %	n. a.
France
	2004		2010		2012
Amount in euro (in thousands)	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions	All pensions^a	Old-age pensions
Total^c	224,087,790	170,930,510	286,139,250	240,094,700	314,750,890	249,740,950
Paid abroad^d	4,055,016	3,835,745	6,005,777	5,781,392	6,282,827	6,082,105
In %	1.8 %	2.2 %	2.1 %	2.4 %	2.0 %	2.4 %

Sources: Austria: Hauptverband der oesterreichischen Sozialversicherunsgtraeger, Oesterreichische Sozialversicherung in Zahlen, jaehrlich
Germany: Deutsche Rentenversicherung, Rentenbestand am 31.12, jaehrlich
Belgium: Office National des Pension (ONP), Statistic annuelle des beneficiaires de prestations
France: Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale (CLEISS), annuelle
^aIncludes beside old-age pensions also survivors and disability pensions, where applicable
^bMonthly payment, workers and self-employed (ONP)
^cYearly total expenditure (Eurostat)
^dYearly expenditure (CLEISS)

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