Altersarmut: Niedrige Renten trotz vieler Versicherungsjahre
Bundesweit ist mehr als jede zweite Frau trotz langjähriger Versicherung von niedrigen Renten betroffen. Ost und West macht hier nicht den großen Unterschied, bei den Männern ist das anders.
Over one-fifth of elderly people who have paid into the pension system for a very long time have just missed the poverty threshold by a small margin, according to the Federal Statistical Office in 2025. The poverty line stood at 1,446 euros per month. The left-wing opposition in the Bundestag had specifically asked about the number of pensioners with at least 45 years of insurance history and a correspondingly low net income.
The government's response to Deutsche Presse-Agentur showed that in 2023, 23% of men in Germany received a pension below the poverty line after 45 years of insurance. In Baden-Württemberg, this figure was around 16% for men. Across all eastern German states, the percentage of men with low pensions was significantly higher, ranging from 36% to 41%.
Women, on the other hand, are generally far less likely to fall below the poverty line, with more than half (52%) of them receiving a pension below the poverty threshold even after long insurance periods, according to the latest data. This discrepancy was particularly noticeable in the wealthy southwest region, including the economically challenged state of Sachsen-Anhalt, where 54% of long-term insured women ended up with low pensions.
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