What is the average pension amount in France ? While the revaluation of retirement pensions is still debated in Parliament, the Drees (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics) has published its 2024 panorama of retirees and pensions.
What is the average pension amount in France?
According to the report from the Drees (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics), the average pension amount in France reaches 1,626 euros gross, or 1,512 euros netat the end of 2022. With retirees living abroad, this amount drops to 1,565 euros gross.
However, there is a significant disparity between women and men. The former receive on average 1,268 euros gross compared to 2,050 euros gross for men. And if we also take into account the survivor’s pension, the average rises to 1,539 euros gross for women and 2,077 euros gross for men.
Good to know: according to the agreement on the 2025 budget, basic pensions should increase by 0.8% on January 1, 2024. Then, there will be another increase of 0.8% on July 1, 2025 only for retirees whose total amount pensions do not exceed 1,500 euros gross per month.
Has the purchasing power of retirees increased?
Between the end of 2021 and the end of 2022, consumer prices increased by 5.9%. At the same time, basic pensions increased by 1.1% in January 2022 then by 4% in July 2022. Retirees therefore saw their pension increases by 5.1% on average between the end of 2021 and the end of 2021a level below inflation. This is a drop in 0.7% in constant euros », Specifies the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics.
Please note: at the end of 2022, 17 million people were receiving a retirement pension.
Is the standard of living of retirees higher than that of workers?
The average pension amount in France is “ lower than the average net activity income », underlines Drees. However, the average standard of living of retirees is “ slightly higher than that of the general population “. In fact, retirees have more other types of income than the rest of the population and generally have more dependent children. Furthermore, « 10% of retirees are poor », a proportion which is lower than the entire population (14.5%).
