OECD’s contribution leaders

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday presented the paradox of the Greek social security system, and generally the distorted way of the country's development in the last few decades, in its report on pensions (Pensions at a Glance 2023).

Greek workers and employers pay exorbitant contributions, 30% higher than the OECD average, the state continues to spend - despite the constant cuts of previous years - a significantly high percentage of 15.7% of gross domestic product on pensions, the low-paid pensioners receive benefits higher than average wages, and workers are paid 70% of the average salaries in the rest of the countries under consideration.

In fact, in a constantly changing environment, with the demographic problem once again at a global level, at the forefront of problems (after the shock of the financial crisis and its...