The national social insurance institution-Kela on Tuesday announced an index adjustment of 0.5 per cent as of the beginning of 2026, but only to some benefits, said Kela in a press release.
Kela has confirmed the value of the National Pensions Index as of 1 January next year.
Most benefits provided by Kela are tied to the National Pensions Index, which is linked to the Cost-of-Living Index and compiled by Statistics Finland and tracks the prices of key commodities.
As prices change, the index linkage helps to maintain the purchasing power of benefits.
Kela has confirmed that the value of the index will be 1939 in 2026. This year the value is 1930.
The value of the index will thus increase by 0.5 per cent, and the rates of the benefits that are linked to the index will be increased accordingly.
However, no index adjustment will be made to benefits whose rates have been frozen by the Government for the years 2024 to 2027.
The Kela benefits will be increased by 0.5 per cent as of 1 January 2026 are national pension, guarantee pension, front-veterans’ supplements, survivors’ pensions, disability benefits, the basic amount of conscript’s allowance and the basic amount of social assistance as well as the initial deductible and the maximum annual limit on out-of-pocket medicine costs.
No index adjustments will be made in 2026 to the benefits of labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance, child care allowances, study grant, or the minimum amounts of sickness allowance, partial sickness allowance, daily allowances for parents, special care allowance, sickness allowance on account of human cell, tissue or organ donation, and rehabilitation allowance.
The rates of these benefits will remain the same as in 2025. Index adjustments will also not be made to the criteria for determining the general housing allowance and the housing allowance for pensioners in 2026.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
