PRSI Contribution Number for entitlement to full State Pension

Secondincommand

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This has probably been covered a million times already on AAM so apologies in advance.
I think 2080 contributions is the number of contributions required for the full benefit and 520 is the number for basic entry entitlement .
My wife will have 1633 by the end of 2025 . Is it as simple as 1633/2040 x current rate or is there a different way of calculating.
Again apologies if this has been covered before .
 
I think 2080 contributions is the number of contributions required for the full benefit and 520 is the number for basic entry entitlement .
In simple terms, yes:
My wife will have 1633 by the end of 2025 . Is it as simple as 1633/2040 x current rate or is there a different way of calculating.
As per the link above there are two ways to calculating it - Total Contributions Approach and Yearly Average Method. Under the former she should be entitled to 1,622 / 2,080 = c. 78% of the full payment.

What age will she be and could she defer and build up more contributions/credits in the meantime?