Gaps remain between female and male pensions
Even though the number of women with supplementary pensions has risen over the last decade, the difference with their male peers is still considerable. The Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics, which examined the situation in the Netherlands, concludes so in a recent study. Women’s pensions are, on the whole, also lower.
Increasing number of women have supplementary pensions
In the Netherlands, in 2000, half of the women had a pension supplementary to their state pension. By 2010 this number had increased to 59 percent. Men still have far more access to additional pensions: currently 92 percent of men have such a supply. Unmarried women aren’t that much behind at 82 percent. Though having an additional pension is less common among married women, their number rose highest, from 21 to 36 percent over the last decade.
Men’s pensions twice as high
The amount of pension, differs substantially between the sexes.
With an average amount of 8.000 Euro, men received roughly twice
the amount women got in 2010. In the Netherlands, state pensions
for singles are about 1.000 Euro per month, and for married couples
about 700 per person.