What does the pension of individuals engaged in entrepreneurial activity depend on, and how to increase it!

The Orsha District Department of the Vitebsk Regional Office of the Social Protection Fund of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus informs.

Timely and full payment of mandatory insurance contributions to the fund's budget is not just a legal obligation; it is the foundation of your social security today and a guarantee for tomorrow.

The right to a labor pension depends on the insurance experience (in 2025, this is 20 years). Only those months for which mandatory insurance contributions have been paid to the fund's budget are counted towards the insurance experience.

The amount of the pension is influenced by both the length of service and the amount of income from which contributions to the fund's budget are paid. Thus, if individuals engaged in entrepreneurial activities have paid contributions from income not exceeding the minimum wage for at least 20 years (the minimum insurance experience), the right to a minimum old-age labor pension will only be formed.

It is extremely important to plan your pension future today!

You can increase the amount of your future pension by making mandatory insurance contributions to the Social Protection Fund from income above the minimum wage.

That is, the higher the income declared in the PU-3 forms (annual reporting form to the Social Protection Fund), the higher the amount of contributions paid, which directly affects the amount of the future pension.

In addition, the amount of benefits for temporary disability and maternity is calculated based on your average earnings over a certain period, which, in turn, is based on the total amount of contributions paid. 

Do not limit yourself to the minimum – invest in your social protection!