It was found that there are 1.75 million people aged 65 or older who meet the basic pension income recognition criteria but do not receive the basic pension. This is equivalent to 17% of the total elderly population (10.27 million people). It was analyzed that there are quite a few cases of staying outside the system due to exclusion regulations for occupational pensions, connection to the basic livelihood security system, and application caution. According to the ‘Study on the Status and Characteristics of Non-Recipients of Basic Pension’ report published by the National Pension Research Institute on the 30th, the number of elderly people below the basic pension selection standard as of 2024 was counted at 8.3 million. Among them, the number of people receiving basic pension was 6.55 million. The remaining 1.75 million people were classified as not receiving the basic pension even though they fell below the selection standard in terms of income and assets. The report combined the happiness e-note data from the Social Security Information Service and the National Health Insurance Corporation's National Health Information Database to estimate the size of non-receiving people. The recognized income of non-receiving people tended to be concentrated in the lowest section and the section near the selection standard. Months with little income. Approximately 200,000 in the 0-90,000 won range