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<p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions,
without regard to nationality, and the amount is based on an individual’s National
Insurance record. UK State Pensions are up-rated overseas only where there is a legal
requirement to do so. The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>People
who live outside the UK will not receive an increase in their State Pension unless
they live in:</p><p>- an EEA country or Switzerland; or</p><p>- a country with which
DWP have a reciprocal agreement that allows for it. These countries are:</p><ul><li>Barbados</li><li>Bermuda</li><li>Gibraltar</li><li>Guernsey</li><li>The
Isle of Man</li><li>Israel</li><li>Jamaica</li><li>Jersey</li><li>Mauritius</li><li>the
Philippines</li><li>Turkey</li><li>The United States of America, and</li><li>the separate
republics of the former Yugoslavia* that are not EU Member States (Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Kosovo; Montenegro; North Macedonia; and Serbia).</li></ul><p>*Following the break-up
of Yugoslavia, the UK agreement with former Yugoslavia now covers Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.</p>
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