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Employees without supplementary pension schemes, 2010 (Dutch only)
Figures on employees without supplementary pension schemes in 2010. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW)
Women's pensions substantially lower
The proportion of over-65 women receiving supplementary pensions has grown over the past decade, though the gender gap is still substantial. Generally, women receive only half the amount male...
Average retirement age employees more than 63 years
The average retirement age of employees had risen to more than 63 years in 2011.
Fewer households rely on benefits for a long period of time
Last year, 855 thousand Dutch households were dependent on benefits for a sustained period of time, i.e. nearly 40 thousand fewer than in 2009. The total number of households living on benefits...
Retirement age employees further up
The average age of retirement for employees in the Netherlands had risen to 62.7 years in 2010 and the increase was observed across all sectors. More than 70 thousand employees went into retirement...
Average annual pension nearly 20 thousand euro
By the end of 2008, the pension entitlement of people in the Netherlands under the age of 65 averaged 8,100 euro. The claim consists of an old-age (AOW) part (4,600 euro) and a work-related part...
Employees without supplementary pension schemes, 2008 and 2009
Figures on employees without supplementary pension schemes in 2008 and 2009. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW).
No further increase retirement age employees
In 2008, nearly 68 thousand employees went into retirement. The average age was 62.
Retirement age higher
Employees retire at a later age. In 2007, the average age of retirement had risen to 62.
Sources of income of older people (31 December 2003 and 2005, and by source of income one and two years later) (Dutch only)
To obtain more insight into the sources of income of older people and to be able to identify the ‘various routes to pension’, the Ministry of Economic Affairs requested the Centre for Policy Related...
One in ten employees do not participate in supplementary pension schemes
One in every ten employees in the Netherlands do not build up a supplementary pension via their employers.
Workers in education oldest on average
The average age of people employed in education was over 43 years in 2007. This makes education the ‘greyest’ sector of employment in the Netherlands.
Number of welfare benefits continues to fall
The number of welfare benefits paid to people aged under 65 in the second quarter of 2006 was down by nearly 5 thousand.
Dossier Population ageing
Dossier Population ageing