7 million German pensioners receive less than €1,000 per month.
62% confidence
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The claim does not specify gross vs net pension. The ~7 million figure corresponds to gross statutory pensions (Rentenbestandsstatistik, which alone shows 3.57 million women below €1,000), whereas the most recent net figures (2024/2025) put the number at roughly 8 million — i.e., the most recent data is somewhat above the claimed value.
All cited figures refer to old-age pensions (Altersrenten) of the statutory pension insurance; including disability and survivor pensions would change the count.
A pension below €1,000 per month does not automatically mean poverty: the Zeit report notes that most of these recipients do not draw means-tested Grundsicherung, because household income (partner income, assets, other sources) is decisive. The claim's implication that these pensioners are 'threatened by poverty' overstates what the pension figure alone shows.
Sources are secondary (reference journalism citing the official Rentenbestandsstatistik); the underlying primary Rentenbestandsstatistik figures for the total (men + women) below €1,000 could not be retrieved within the search limit.
SecondaryZeit OnlineVon den rund 19 Millionen Menschen, die in Deutschland Altersrente beziehen, bekommen 42 Prozent weniger als 1.000 Euro im Monat ausgezahlt.
SecondaryIhre-Vorsorge.deEtwa acht Millionen gesetzliche Altersrenten hatten im Jahr 2024 eine Netto-Höhe von unter 1000 Euro - und lagen damit unter dem ...
Secondarybuergergeld.orgNach der Rentenbestandsstatistik 2025 beziehen 3.569.141 Frauen eine Altersrente von unter 1.000 Euro im Monat. Das sind 50,3 Prozent.