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The article contains a presentation of various systems of disability pensions in the economically developed countries of Western Europe, the United States and Зарап. The following elements of these systems have been described: mode of financing pensions, conditions of granting disability pensions, way of calculating the amount of pensions and additional allowances, valorization system. The solutions adopted with regard to particular elements are differentiated. Their review has allowed to formulate conclusions, which might find reference to the Polish conditions.