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 2024
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
	Cases	1,000 EUR	Cases	1,000 EUR	Cases	1,000 EUR	Cases	1,000 EUR
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: Results from before 2022 are revised.
2024³	22,311,748	402,494,633	21,616,621	368,133,358	6,126,121	22,981,102	4,400,144	11,380,172
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
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
2021	21,918,050	349,512,644	21,303,741	319,202,354	5,808,876	22,341,237	3,474,255	7,969,054
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
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
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
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
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
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

As at 08 August 2025

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