National Pension recipients in South Korea received less than 600,000 won a month in most cases, according to statistics reported from the National Pension Service. As of July 2026, 5,193,269 of the 7,863,299 recipients, or 66.0%, received less than 600,000 won monthly.
Recipients receiving between 200,000 and 400,000 won accounted for nearly 40% of all recipients, while the supplied figures do not explain how contribution periods or pension types shaped the amounts.