This is how high the pension is if you have never worked. As of: April 7, 2024, 4:46 a.m By September 2023, the number had climbed to almost 689,000, of which around 297,000 were men and 392,000 women.

At the end of 2020, more than 564,000 people in Germany were dependent on basic state security. In 2010, 283,000 pensioners received basic security in old age. Five years later there were already over 414,000.