| Reason for receiving a pension Age from ... to under ... years | Federal level1 | Länder level | Municipal level | Social insurance2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in 1,000 | ||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| 1: Including Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche Telekom AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Federal Railways Fund. 2: Including Federal Employment Agency. 3: Including early retirement schemes. X = Cell blocked for logical reasons. | ||||||
| Recipients of retirement pension | ||||||
| Disability | 3.3 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| under 45 years of age | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 45 to 50 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 50 to 55 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 55 to 60 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 60 years of age and over | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Reaching of an age limit | 8.5 | 31.0 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 45.7 | 46.5 |
| Special age limit | 2.8 | 7.0 | 0.8 | X | 10.6 | 10.0 |
| Request-based age limit in case of severe disability or of a special age limit | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| Request-based age limit | 2.7 | 13.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 19.6 |
| Standard age limit | 2.6 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
| Other reasons3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Total | 13.1 | 36.8 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 57.6 | 59.0 |
| Recipients of widow's or widower's pension | 10.2 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 26.5 | 25.4 |
As at 11 December 2024