1200 euro pension after 35 years of work – senior citizen makes sad truth public.. As of: February 13, 2024, 7:03 p.m By: Lennart Schwenck CommentsPressSplit A pensioner from Hamburg is struggling with rising living costs.
Her story is an example of poverty in old age in Germany. Inflation is putting increasing pressure on older people in Germany in particular. Women are particularly affected. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the at-risk-of-poverty rate in the age group over 65 was 20.3 percent for women, but only 15.9 percent for men.