The average yield of all Pillar II funds in the 17 years stood at 7.8% per annum, above the average 4.4% inflation per year during the same period.
At the end of May 2025, the 7 Pillar II funds managed total sums of RON166.2 billion for the benefit of 8.3 million participants. During the 17 years, the funds cashed in gross contributions of RON118.2 billion and made payments of around RON3.8 billion to the around 238,000 beneficiaries.
The average value of a Pillar II personal account has now reached RON20,000, a figure that has doubled in the past four and a half years.
Around 95% of the money is invested in Romania, with private pension funds as the most important local institutional investors.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)