Data analysis reveals growing gap: Seniors are losing out financially
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Osnabrück (ots) – Osnabrück. The income gap between older people
generation and the total population in Germany continues
apart, with the very old in particular losing out financially.
This is reported by the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (NOZ) based on current data
Federal Statistical Office, which asked the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW).
had. While the average net equivalent income of the
Total population increased by around 11.5 percent between 2022 and 2024,
In the same period, seniors aged 75 and over only recorded an increase of
7.7 percent.
The gap in the wallet becomes even clearer in absolute terms: That’s it
Average income for people over 75 in 2022 will still be around 4,100 euros
below the national average, this gap will have increased to over 5,500 in 2024
Euro increased. Specifically, people in this age group currently have one
average annual income of 26,316 euros, while the average of
Total population is 31,856 euros. Also in the group of over
For 65-year-olds, the gap to the overall average grew to around 3,600 euros (2022)
to just under 4500 euros (2024).
BSW politician Fabio De Masi looks at the numbers in his criticism
confirmed by the federal government. “Pensioners in Germany are declining socially.
They have less and less in their wallets compared to the rest of the population.
Seniors over 75 have the least in their pockets,” De Masi said in an interview
with the “NOZ”. He described poverty in old age as a “social explosive for
our country” and called for a reform based on the Austrian model, where the
Average pension is significantly higher. The first measure he announced was a…
Obligation for members of the Bundestag to pay into the statutory pension insurance
want to apply.
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