Wage and income tax Statistics of pension benefit notifications

Number of pension recipients resident in Germany and amounts of benefit, compared over time

Statistics of pension benefit notifications, 2015 to 2023
Number of pension¹ recipients resident in Germany and amounts of benefit, broken down by taxation approach and compared over time
Year	Sum of pension benefits²
	total		of which, by taxation approach:
	total		cohort principle		taxation of notional interest portion		full deferred taxation
	number	EUR 1,000	number	EUR 1,000	number	EUR 1,000	number	EUR 1,000
1: Pensions in accordance with Section 22 numbers 1 and 5 of the German Income Tax Act. 2: Not including pensions in accordance with the taxation approaches "harmful tax usage" and "other tax approaches". 3: Before 2021 revision results.
2015	21,288,061	279,315,314	20,873,765	255,530,749	5,153,315	20,249,407	1,865,707	3,535,158
2016	21,304,281	289,086,100	20,827,353	264,521,059	5,246,911	20,568,039	2,108,674	3,997,003
2017	21,366,391	300,191,058	20,878,844	274,362,292	5,339,845	20,799,351	2,332,530	5,029,415
2018	21,552,708	311,188,961	21,033,605	284,465,902	5,459,160	21,320,134	2,572,037	5,402,926
2019	21,643,771	327,532,340	21,089,888	299,091,681	5,577,797	21,896,065	2,903,333	6,544,594
2020	21,789,322	341,046,061	21,210,836	311,789,420	5,697,796	22,176,843	3,171,654	7,079,799
2021³	21,918,090	349,506,768	21,304,208	319,198,434	5,808,760	22,341,872	3,473,386	7,966,461
2022³	22,023,863	363,112,201	21,378,865	331,301,082	5,908,369	22,422,977	3,760,768	9,388,142
2023³	22,144,849	380,794,933	21,480,968	347,946,835	6,018,129	22,801,030	4,060,410	10,047,068

As at 02 August 2024

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