Although the French pension system, which is based on redistribution, is presented as a unique and stable system, it has a weakness: it depends on demography and a balanced ratio between the number of active contributors and the number of retirees, so that enough people are able to finance the pensions of older people. However, the number of pensioners is increasing faster than the number of contributors. Indeed, between 2005 and 2020, the number of retired people increased by 3.65 million, while the number of contributors only grew by 1.91 million.
Evolution of the number of pensioners and contributors in France between 2005 and 2020
(in millions)
Pensioners who received a direct entitlement during the year and who were alive on 31 December; all schemes combined.
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "Excluding people who received a one-off lump sum payment; including civil servants drawing a disability pension and having reached the minimum retirement age."
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Insee. (May 25, 2022). Evolution of the number of pensioners and contributors in France between 2005 and 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337246/pensioners-contributors-france/
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