Deputy Chairman of the Social Fund Orozmat Abdykalykov announced in Bishkek on 15 October that rate of the pension in Kyrgyzstan would not be increased in the nearest future due to high rate of unemployment. According to him, only three working people support now one pensioner in the country and nine people worked for one pensioner ten years ago. Average pension rate is in the country now 559 soms per month (about $12) and the minimal subsistence level is three times higher.